Cajun Born

Left pretty Jo.I was born on the bayoo thirty miles out of LaFaiette

My daddy was a Cajun man and he taught me how to plow

I remember mama's breakfast goosh-goosh in the caye

Steam syrup upon the banje I wish I had me some now

I'm a Cajun born I'm a Cajun bred and when I die I'll be Cajun dead

If I die in Alaska if I die in Ohio my soul will find it's way back to the bayou

Went to church every Sunday had a French talkin' preacher man

We kids joked about the preacher man cause we thought he wore a dress

After church we had a party Cajun music on the phonograph

Harry Short singing Jole Blon made a singer out of me

I'm a Cajun born...

When I get enough to marry get myself a Cajun lady

Somethin' sorta like my mama cause I ain't no other no other kind

And wherever fortune takes me with the breaks or makes me

Memory won't forsake me got Louisiana on my mind

I'm a Cajun born...