Many bayous are the home of crawfish, certain species of shrimp, other shellfish, and catfish. From LearnThat.org. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou]
The bayou is a French word meaning slow-moving waterway. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Bayou] Reference
It's what they call a bayou in parts of Louisiana and Texas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2005] Reference
State had something this big to celebrate, Dale Brown was storming the sidelines in bayou country. From Wordnik.com. [NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - Arizona vs. LSU] Reference
It wasn't until Favre went to Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg when he became known as a bayou gunslinger. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage | INFORUM | Fargo, ND] Reference
Near New Madrid there is a bayou, which is the outlet of a small lake. From Wordnik.com. [My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field] Reference
But a bayou is a singular specific thing, usually with a proper name as well, like a river or a canal. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » What means this “English”?:] Reference
Everybody in town likes you and respects you, and the people up and down the bayou are the best friends anyone could have. From Wordnik.com. [Heaven’s Prisoners] Reference
The ports of delivery known as bayou St. John's, Lake Port, and Port Pontchartrain, and the customs officers, abolished and discontinued. From Wordnik.com. [The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive. Arranged in Chronological Order. Together with the Constitution for the Provisional Government, and the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States, and the Treaties Concluded by the Confederate States with Indian Tribes:] Reference
Note 3: if "bayou" is indeed the rhyme word of this verse, it's pronounced as "by". From Wordnik.com. [Charley Patton Lyrics] Reference
The word "bayou," so common in the regions neighboring the Mississippi, is a French word. From Wordnik.com. [A Hero and Some Other Folks] Reference
They were down the bayou, cutting mullet for bait. From Wordnik.com. [Losing Ground] Reference
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play on blue bayou. From Wordnik.com. [Roy Orbison: A Great Voice, A Lonely Sound] Reference
The moonlight on the bayou, a Creole tune that fills the air. From Wordnik.com. [Fats Domino, Missing 'New Orleans'] Reference
HANSEN: Dead cows and massive amounts of debris choked the bayou. From Wordnik.com. [Memories Of Katrina Last In Louisiana Town] Reference
And it looked like a miracle had taken place along the road by the bayou. From Wordnik.com. [Memories Of Katrina Last In Louisiana Town] Reference
You know, we were just riding with them the whole way up and down the bayou. From Wordnik.com. [Oil Imperils Native American Town, And Way Of Life] Reference
Many here in the Louisiana bayou are just wondering how to put food on the table. From Wordnik.com. [Rocky Kistner: BP's well is dead, but so are the fish] Reference
The fire along the bayou was severe, but not very fatal, on account of the cover. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Mr. OSBORNE: Lots of Spanish moss hanging down into the water, the little bayou area. From Wordnik.com. [A 'Patchwork' Tour Of New Orleans With Anders Osborne] Reference
Bobby Jindal announced commercial fishing has been reopened in some areas of the bayou. From Wordnik.com. [Rocky Kistner: Countering BP's PR: Deception by Dispersal; The Great Gulf Oil Tragedy] Reference
I also saw several regiments across the bayou, but not advancing; they were near the levee. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The enemy were behind the embankment, not over one hundred and fifty yards across the bayou. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Life on the bayou gets harder each year and a rich and unique heritage is slowly eroding away. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Chameides: Gulf Oil Blowout and Gusher: Environmental Catastrophe or Much Ado About Nothing?] Reference
It's dark, a dark you could feel weighing down on you like the humid, choke-thick air of the bayou. From Wordnik.com. [The Movement of Strings] Reference
Rosina's 18-year-old daughter, Ani, a budding environmentalist, says she never wants to leave this bayou. From Wordnik.com. [Oil Imperils Native American Town, And Way Of Life] Reference
McClernand, who was now in the rear, was to join in this as well as to guard the line back down the bayou. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
(Soundbite of water) YUKI NOGUCHI: A bayou snakes along this flat, humid stretch of road in Dulac, Louisiana. From Wordnik.com. [Business Melts Away For Gulf Coast Icehouses] Reference
(Soundbite of song, "Blue bayou") Mr. ORBISON: (Singing) I'm going back someday, come what may, to blue bayou. From Wordnik.com. [Roy Orbison: A Great Voice, A Lonely Sound] Reference
Two of his brigades were sent up the bayou to find a crossing and reach the North Fork to repair the bridge there. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
At the upper end of the bayou there was a strip of uncleared land which afforded a cover for a portion of our men. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Residents who've been gone since Katrina are questioning whether it's worth moving back if they cannot fish the bayou. From Wordnik.com. [Oil Imperils Native American Town, And Way Of Life] Reference
Back in the bayou, Derrick waited in line at the Mississippi River ferry crossing wondering if he would be able to board. From Wordnik.com. [Rocky Kistner: Another Gulf oil explosion, a fiery reminder of what lies ahead] Reference
We drove to Houma to pick up Steve Voisin, and headed south along the bayou towards the Gulf and the family's oyster beds. From Wordnik.com. [Memories Of Katrina Last In Louisiana Town] Reference
Post 9-11, security experts decided the secret workings of car ferries would be perfect targets for terrorists roaming the bayou. From Wordnik.com. [Rocky Kistner: Another Gulf oil explosion, a fiery reminder of what lies ahead] Reference
A bayou runs irregularly across this low land, the bottom of which, however, is above the surface of the Big Black at ordinary stages. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
One brigade (DeCourcey's) of Morgan's troops crossed the bayou safely, but took to cover behind the bank, and could not be moved forward. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
On our right was another wide bayou, known as Old River; and on the left still another, much narrower, but too deep to be forded, known as. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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