The moon is full and my heart is high

I love to dance oh me oh my

Gonna have more fun than a tree'n a coon

Tonight's the dance of the cajun noon

Pick ups and wagons 'round the river road shack

Bonfires draw in a crowd out back

Step through the door and I see my Sheri

That's when I feel her mamas eyes on me

Cajun moon nugget of gold

River of light on the bayou

You're just like rain

To a love in bloom so

Shine on me oh cajun moon

Guitar a squeeze box a fiddle a bow

Little band a-playin' every song they know

Old woman sittin' there and yellin' for more

My heart is willin' but my feet - they're so sore

Cajun moon nugget of gold

River of light on the bayou

You're just like rain

To a love in bloom so

Shine on me oh cajun moon

Once more we're waltzin' to Jolie Blond

I lean in closer and Sheri responds

Her mama's smilin' as we slip from the room

To sit and stare at the cajun noon

Cajun moon nugget of gold

River of light on the bayou

You're just like rain

To a love in bloom so

Shine on me oh cajun moon

Cajun moon nugget of gold

River of light on the bayou

You're just like rain

To a love in bloom so

Shine on me oh cajun moon