Well I went out a fishin' to make a little moreTo take to Catelina so we could have some funOn the way back, I knocked a hole in my bowI got a hole in my pirogue, I can't go see my galThe purtiest sight that you ever have seenIs a moonlight night down in New OrleansI'm up the river, just around the bendI got a hole in my pirogue, I just cain't hold it inWell Catelina's waitin' with tears in her eyesMunchin' and a crunchin' on a crawfish pieI smell a feeling floatin' through the airI got a hole in my pirogue, I can't go see my CherThe purtiest sight that you ever have seenIs a moonlight night down in New OrleansI'm up the river, just around the bendI got a hole in my pirogue, I just cain't hold it inYeah I'm here on the bayou, sittin' all aloneWith a busted bottom and I cain't pole it homeCatelina's waitin' lonesome as can beI got a hole in my pirogue, I cain't go see my sheThe purtiest sight that you ever have seenIs a moonlight night down in New OrleansI'm up the river, just around the bendI got a hole in my pirogue, I just cain't hold it in
