BIG BAYOU
(Gib Gilbeau)

I took a long, long trip to the city
I was determined to get somewhere
I spent all my hard earned money
I had saved to put me there

Big bayou where did you go
To the river [bad word] slow
and to the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou carry me home

I took a cotton picking job in Memphis
And the people there treated me good
But my [bad word] bad in Nashville 
I had to walked the streets of Hollywood

Big bayou where did you go
To the river [bad word] slow
into the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou carry me home

Oh Lord I'm going home
Where the fish jump in the air
You know I don't need a lot of money 
Cause I ain't going nowhere

Big bayou where did you go
To the river [bad word] slow
into the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou carry me home

Big bayou carry me home
To the river [bad word] slow
into the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou where did you go

I'm gonna catch a southbound 
train home one of these days