Intro: 1. Got the fever for the Bayou, Muddy Water take me home. Got the fever for the Bayou, Muddy Water take me home. I get high up on the mountain, but I know where I belong. 2. Down the Missisippi River, to the Gulf of Mexico. Down the Missisippi River, to the Gulf of Mexico. A where I find my Cajun baby and I dance a zydeco. INSTRUMENTAL: 3. Wants to take me to the Mardi Gra, just South of New Orleans. Take me down to the Mardi Gra, a south of New Orleans. A to the Louisiana Bayou, that's a Cajun Man's dream, hey now. INSTRUMENTAL: 4. Got the fever for the Bayou, Muddy Water take me home. Got the fever for the Bayou, Muddy Water take me home. I get high up on the mountain, but I know where I belong. INSTRUMENTAL: