Got me a cajun persuasion way back in the woods Got me a cajun persuasion, you know she'd do me good I wanna jump in my pirogue that's waitin' for me Got me a cajun persuasion, I wanna go see my she Head down South to the Mississippi River Follow all the highway signs There's a sweet little brown-eyed woman down there And I'm a-gonna make her mine I ain't gonna let a little swamp stop me Oh, nothin's gonna get in my way I wanna let that bayou swallow me up And listen to the fiddle play I'm gonna listen to the fiddle play Got me a cajun persuasion way back in the woods Got me a cajun persuasion, you know she'd do me good I wanna jump in my pirogue that's waitin' for me Got me a cajun persuasion, I wanna go see my she Well, she told me where her Mama and her Daddy lived Way South of big K, oh, if you hit Lake Charles You've gone too far, turn back at Evangeline Well, I've been all around this great big world But nothin' can compare To the cajun feel of Jimmy C and sweet Mon Chere Yeah, sweet, sweet Mon Chere Oh, sweet, sweet Mon Chere Got me a cajun persuasion way back in the woods Got me a cajun persuasion you know she'd do me good I wanna jump in my pirogue that's waitin' for me Got me a cajun persuasion, I wanna go see my she