That is my favorite song to play, I play it in G.

There are untold versions of the lyrics. Like any older cajun song, they sung it from memory by usually illiterate singers, so not only are there several versions of it, but each singer usually sings a slightly, and sometimes very, different version each time they do it. If you listen to several different versions, you will notice a difference on the notes also.

I have noticed that with the older singers, you can find pretty much the same tune played in different areas of La, but slightly different and with different words, and a different name. In the old days they often didnt have names for the songs, that's why you often have names that have nothing to do with the lyrics. It is only now that lyrics are being written that you see songs being sung the same way.

Thanks, Bryan.
Yep, that explanation of the difference in lyrics makes sense. No arrangers, agents, or promoters were following those old guys around with recorders to catch their every word. They had to "sing into a can" somewhere at a studio far from home. And even then, not everybody has an Edison victrola to play the records.
JB

IMHO I think the version by Maurice Barzas is the best.

Yep! that's the joy and wonder of the "folk process"