Lyrics: John Fogerty
Music: John Fogerty
Played by John Fogerty with the Grateful Dead on 3 November 1991 at the memorial for Bill Graham.
Also played on 27 May 1989 with Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, billed as "John Fogerty and Friends", and at a Furthur Jam on 8 July 1996.
Now, when I was just a little boy
Standin' to my Daddy's knee
My poppa said, "Son, don't let the man get you
Do what he done to me"
'Cause he'll get you
'Cause he'll get you now, now
And 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
Chorus
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
[Chorus]