G 
Oh my sweet Lafayette, how I?m gonna miss you 
            C               G 
You feel so good Lafayette, now I?ve come to greet you 
D                         
Tell all my friends I've come back again 
C                G   
I couldn't stay away, I was gone only a day 
               C                    G 
But I'm comin' back to my sweet Lafayette 
 

          G 
I'm goin' down to Lafayette, I don't care how long I'm gone 
                C                     G 
It's so hard to leave you, Lafayette, now I know where I belong 
          D 
When that sweet fiddle sounds and Clifton gets down 
     C                       G 
That music sounds so good to me, I just might dance until three 
                C                    G 
And I gotta get back to my sweet Lafayette 
 
 
Fiddle solo 
 
 
Oh, those boys in Lafayette, smilin' so pretty 
Those sweet boys in Lafayette, they sure do look good to me 
We danced all night long to a sweet Cajun song 
Drinkin' and jivin' 'til dawn, I could dance on and on 
Doin' a two-step in my sweet Lafayette 
 
 
Take me back Lafayette, way down on the bayou 
I'm your girl, Lafayette, I'm gonna hang around you 
Eat that gumbo and rollin' and tumble 
And do crazy things every night, soon I'll be feelin' alright 
When I get back to my sweet Lafayette 
When I get back to my sweet Lafayette