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Hurry up my Joséphine, the hour’s getting late,
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We gonna miss the 5 o’clock ferry and we gonna have to wait.
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Down in Catahoula, they be having a Fais-Do-Do.
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‘Cause I been saving up all my sugar cane money just so that we could go.
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‘Cause when I hear the fiddle playing an old time Cajun song,
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Moonlight on the bayou, gonna keep dancing all night long.
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Dansé, hey, we gonna dance the night away,
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Dansé collé, collé  Dansé.
G       C       D
Tonight is a night for romance,
        C                                                       G
Can I have the pleasure, the pleasure of this dance.
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Ever since I turned seventeen and got my old man’s Chevrolet,

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I been going every Saturday night to the old Bon Ton Roulet.
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You know I love my dancing, I got a nice style don’t you know.
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I just want to hold you tight and waltz you across the floor.
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‘Cause when I hear the fiddle playing an old time Cajun song,
D                       G                       C                               D       
Moonlight on the bayou, gonna keep dancing all night long.
G               C               D               G
Dansé, hey, we gonna dance the night away,
G       C       D       G
Dansé collé, collé  Dansé.
G       C       D
Tonight is a night for romance,
C                                                               G
Can I have the pleasure, the pleasure of this dance.