# Question about Hank Williams' "Jambalaya"

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 14, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-hank-williams-jambalaya/801640 "2017-11-14T21:27:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-hank-williams-jambalaya/801640/21 "2017-11-20T09:09:00Z")

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> [@don\_t\_ask](#):
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> From Wikipedia:
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> > The narrator leaves to pole a pirogue down the shallow water of the bayou, to attend a party with his girlfriend Yvonne and her family. At the feast they have Cajun cuisine, notably Jambalaya, crawfish pie and filé gumbo, and drink liquor from fruit jars.
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> Sucks the magic right out of it.

Thank you, **don’t ask**. I laughed out loud when I read that. The other 704 viewers aren’t telling, I guess. Per [here](http://communityvoices.post-gazette.com/arts-entertainment-living/get-rhythm/item/40378-the-story-of-a-song-jambalaya), a recognizable part of the song’s melody goes back to at least 1937, including links to examples. (You might not want to stare too long at the Moon Mullican video.) One of my favorite versions, by The Davis Sisters in about late 1952, is [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj_m-8OfIAw).

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