Now, when i was just a little boy Standing to my daddy's knee My poppa said, "son, don't let the man get you Do what he done to me" 'cause he'll get you 'cause he'll get you now, now And i can remember the fourth of july Running through the backwood, bare And i can still hear my old hound dog barking Chasing down a hoodoo there (2x) Born on the bayou Wish i was back on the bayou Rolling with some cajun queen Wishing i were a fast freight train Just a choogling on down to new orleans Born on the bayou Do it, do it, do it, do it Oh, lord Oh, get back boy I can remember the fourth of july Running through the backwood bare And i can still hear my old hound dog barking Chasing down a hoodoo there (2x) Born on the bayou All right! do, do, do, do