Creedence Clear Water Revival - Born in The Bayou

Born in The Bayou Lyric

Now, when I just was a little boy,
Standin to my Daddy's knee,
My poppa said "Son, don't let the man get you
And do what he done to me"

I can remember the Fourth of July,
Runnin' through the backwood bare
And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin',
Chasin' down a hoodoo there,
Chasin' down a hoodoo there

Born on the bayou
Born on the bayou
Born on the bayou

Wish I was back on the bayou,
Rollin' with some Cajun Queen.
Wishin' I were a fast freight train,
Just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans

Born on the bayou
Born on the bayou
Born on the bayou

I can remember the Fourth of July,
Runnin' through the backwood bare
And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin',
Chasin' down a hoodoo there,
Chasin' down a hoodoo there

Song Notes : "John Fogerty, who wrote the song, never actually lived on a bayou, and was writing imagining a bayou childhood"

"This was the first song Creedence played in their set at Woodstock in 1969. They were a big part of the festival, performing 11 songs on the second day"

"Fogerty considered this his favorite CCR song. He performed it on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in November 2005"