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[Verse]
AI was born on the bayou thirty miles out of LafaEyette My daddy was a Cajun man and he taught me how to pAlow I remember mama's breaEkfast goosh-goosh in the cAaye Steams're upon the banEje I wish I had me some nAow
[Chorus]
I'm a Cajun bEorn I'm a Cajun brAead And when I die I'll be Cajun deEad If I die in AlaAska if I die in OhDio My soul will fiEnd its way back to the baAyou
[Verse]
AWent to church every Sunday had a French talkin' preacher mEan We kids joked about the preacher man cause we thought he wore a drAess After church we had a paErty Cajun music on the phonAograph Harry Short sinEging Jole Blon made a singer out of mAe
[Chorus]
I'm a Cajun bEorn I'm a Cajun brAead And when I die I'll be Cajun deEad If I die in AlaAska if I die in OhDio My soul will fiEnd its way back to the baAyou
[Verse]
AWhen I get enough to marry get myself a Cajun laEdy Some sort like my mama cause I ain't no other kiAnd And wherever fortune taEkes me with the breaks or makes mAe Memory won't forEsake me got Louisiana on my mAind
[Chorus]
I'm a Cajun bEorn I'm a Cajun brAead And when I die I'll be Cajun deEad If I die in AlaAska if I die in OhDio My soul will fiEnd its way back to the baAyou