You see I take a little trip in my old field road   Down the Louisiana swamp to Beinja Bayo   The prettiest site I ever did see was the Cajun girls   On them awesome trees      Raw fish boilin' on an open fire   Cajun fiddled them an old guitar   People all a-comin' from near and far   To drink their tea from a old fruit jar      And I call my fightin' alligator   All the way don't you know   For my sweetheart of Beinja Bayou      Her brown eyes sparkled   And her hair was long   I asked her to dance to a Cajun song   My heart was a fire and I am runnin' wild   I never had seen such a pretty smile      So what's you name   Oh honey, I gotta know   My sweetheart of Beinja Bayou   'Cos daylights are comin'   And I've gotta go   Back up the river in my old field road      She is my sweetheart of Beinja Bayou   Got a hold on my mind as she won't let go   I think about her from dust till dawn   Her lips are sweeter than honey in a comb      And I'll fight an alligator   All the way don't you know   For my sweetheart of Beinja Bayou      She is my sweetheart of Beinja Bayou   Got a hold in my mind as she won't let go   I think about her from dust till dawn   Her lips are sweeter than honey in a comb      And I'll fight an alligator   All the way don't you know   For my sweetheart of Beinja Bayou      Boy, as I wave half water all the way don't you know   Well I'ma going back to Beinja Bayou   Come on