Cajun Boogie
by 
Hans Theessink 
recording of 1998 
from Blue Grooves From Vienna (a 50th birthday celebration), 
Come on baby come along with me 
Down to the bayou 
country 
To the swamplands where the cajuns 
go 
Do the zydeco 
Alligator jumps around 
Wags his tail to the squeeze-box sound 
There's a fish-fry and there's hot gumbo 
Come on baby let's go 
Tune up the fiddle, roisin' up the bow 
Listen to the fiddle of Old Man Moe 
Sends a tune up to the sky 
Watch them bowhairs fly 
Alligator jumps around ... 
There's Old Ray and black-eyed Susie 
Rockin' to the beat of a Cajun boogie 
Dancin' the two-step and the fais dodo 
Come on baby let's go 
Alligator jumps around ... 
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Note 1: bayou, any of various usually marshy or sluggish bodies of water; 
Note 2: Cajun, a citizen from the U.S. state of Louisiana descended from French-speaking immigrants from Acadia, Canada. The Acadians were French settlers of eastern Canada who were exiled from their land in the 1750's. The Cajuns are their descendants who settled in Louisiana. The word Cajun is an alteration of Acadian. Find out more at this site, 
Acadian-Cajun Genealogy & History 
Note 3: zydeco, popular music of southern Louisiana that combines tunes of French origin with elements of Caribbean music and the blues and that features guitar, washboard, and accordion; 
Note 4: gumbo, a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or sea foods and usually vegetables; 
Note 5: fais dodo, probably a Cajun dance.