Darrel J Le Blanc

Lyrics

Fais Do Do

Intro:

A7 E7 D7 A7
Fais Do Do, Papa gotta go

A7 E7 D7 A7
Make a run down the bayou, in a fast pirouge


Chorus:

A7 E7 D7 A7
Fais Do Do Papa gotta go make a run down the bayou in a fast pirogue
Fais Do Do Papa gotta go make a run down the bayou in a fast pirogue

Verse 1

A7 D7
That girl was pretty, she was young. Lawd that Maggie was fun enough to
E7 A7
make a, man forget about his family and his home
D7
When the fiddles started to play, they could dance the night away going
E7 A7
round and round in sin at the Rainbow Inn

Chorus

A7 E7 D7 A7
Fais Do Do Papa gotta go make a run down the bayou in a fast pirogue
Fais Do Do Papa gotta go make a run down the bayou in a fast pirogue

Verse 2

A7 D7
Well she could sparkle she could shine, Lawd that Maggie was fine and

E7 A7
then a young man stepped out of line, and tried to cut in
A7 D7
Yeah he was young and he was strong he knocked papa down and said

E7
get back to where you belong’. Wasn’t nothing left to do with this fool, but

A7
have a duel

Chorus

A7 E7 D7 A7
Fais Do Do Papa gotta go make a run down the bayou in a fast pirogue
Fais Do Do Papa gotta go make a run down the bayou in a fast pirogue

Verse 3

A7 D7
So the other man rode his horse to town, when he got there before he

E7 A7
could step down papa stepped around the corner, and shot him to the ground Yeah he was young and he was strong…

D7 E7
but he wasn’t for this world long. He died seeing Papa standing there in

A7
his dancing shoes

Chorus:

A7 E7 D7 A7
Fais Do Do Papa gotta go make a run down the bayou in a fast pirogue
Fais Do Do Papa gotta go make a run down the bayou in a fast pirogue


A7. D7
Oh well he turned himself in just two weeks later,
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they found him not guilty, aaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeee!
A7
see you later alligator

Chorus:
Fais Do Do Papa gotta go make a run down the bayou in a fast pirogue
Fais Do Do Papa gotta go make a run down the bayou in a fast pirogue

That girl was pretty, she was young. Lawd that Maggie was fun enough to make a, man forget about his family and his home
When the fiddles started to play, they could dance the night away going round and round in sin at the Rainbow Inn

going round and round in sin at the Rainbow Inn