Christmas On The Bayou - Michael McDonald

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Ay, now, uh

Well, down in Ponchatoula, part of Louisiana

Most folks will never see

There’s a pretty little town

With a lawn and the gators

Always be home to me

Come ye east, Saint Nicholas, dark side of winter

Laissez les bons temps rouler

Well, it’s Christmas on the bayou

We’re gonna party

Till Mardi Gras all the way

Down to rue your grandma

They parade so pretty

But it’s Christmas on the bayou

Long before Mardi Gras

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

No, no

Back here on the bayou

Come late December

We know it ain’t gonna snow

Well, the night’s gettin' cool, we stoke up the fire

Stir up the fish gumbo

Yeah, yeah, Big Easy

They can’t wait till Fat Tuesday

But it’s Christmas on the bayou

Long before Mardi Gras

Long before Mardi Gras

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Cha, yeah

Down there, not much winter but the days grow short

And all the nights get long

Ain’t no better reason for friends to gather

Than to dance to a Cajun song

So hey, Papa Boudreaux

Get down your fiddle

We’re gonna dance and sing

All the way to Mardi Gras

Yeah, yeah, Big Easy

When they wait on Fat Tuesday

'Cause it’s Christmas on the bayou

Long before Mardi Gras

Long before Mardi Gras

Long before Mardi Gras

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Passer un bon temps

Laissez les bons temps rouler

Ah, we’re gonna party

We’re gonna party

Ah, Christmas on the bayou

Long before Mardi Gras