| Cajun Baby | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Hank Williams, Jr. |
| Album: | Songs My Father Left Me |
| Released: | 1969 |
| Recorded: | December 4, 1968[1] |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | MGM |
"Cajun Baby" is a country song with words by Hank Williams set to music and performed by his son Hank Williams Jr. in 1969. The single hit US country radio stations in April and rose to number 3 in May 1969 on the Hot Country Songs chart; the same chart attainment as his previous single, "It's All Over But the Crying" (1968).[2] [3]
The senior Williams died in 1953 with some unpublished lyrics among his effects. His son adapted these lyrics and composed music for them to create the album Songs My Father Left Me in 1969.[3] The lyrics to "Cajun Baby" were probably written in 1952 when Hank Williams Jr was 2–3 years old.[1]
In 1988, fiddler and singer Doug Kershaw recruited Williams to join him singing "Cajun Baby" as a duet. This version was released as an independent single which hit number 50 on the country chart.[4]
See main article: Hank Williams discography and Hank Williams, Jr. discography.