Hank Williams是美国著名乡村音乐歌手，他是乡村音乐的一个代表性人物，虽然只活了29岁，但是却拥有许多流行的作品，而且，他的不少歌曲还被翻唱为多种不同类别的音乐。这首《Jambalaya（On The Bayou）》是他最重要的作品之一，取材于以前在加拿大的法国殖民者的后裔、后来居住在美国、被称为Cajun的族群的一首法语民歌。这首歌发行于1952年，获得了美国乡村榜的第一，而第二年他就过世了。这首歌后来被许多人翻唱过。

Jambalaya

Carpenter

Good-bye Joe, he gotta go, me oh my oh

He gotta go-pole the pirogue down the bayou

His Yvonne the sweetest one, me oh my oh

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

Thibodaux, Fontaineaux the place is buzzin'

A Kin-folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen

Dress in style the go hog wild, me oh my oh

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

Cause tonight, I'm gonna see my ma cher a mi-o

Pick guitar, fill fruit far and be gay-o

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

Settle down far from town get him a pirogue

And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou

Swap his mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

Cause tonight, I'm gonna see my ma cher a mi-o

Pick guitar, fill fruit far and be gay-o

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

Cause tonight, I'm gonna see my ma cher a mi-o

Pick guitar, fill fruit far and be gay-o

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

Cause tonight, I'm gonna see my ma cher a mi-o

Pick guitar, fill fruit far and be gay-o

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

Cause tonight, I'm gonna see my ma cher a mi-o

Pick guitar, fill fruit far and be gay-o

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou