Post on 04-Feb-2021
300NE W ORLE ANS
TRICENTENNIAL
1718 ~ 2018
MARDI GRAS MAMBO
Down in New OrleansWhere the blues was born
It takes a cool cat to blow a horn
On LaSalle and Rampart Street
The combo’s there with a mambo beat
The Mardi Gras mambo, mambo, mambo
Party Gras mambo, mambo, mambo
Mardi Gras mambo, oohDown in New OrleansIn Gert Town where
the cats all meetThere’s a Mardi Gras
mambo with a beatJoin the Chief with
the Zulu gangAnd truck on down where
the mambo’s swingGO TO THE
MARDI GRAS
Get your ticket in your hand
If you wanna go through New Orleans
Get your ticket in your hand
If you wanna go through New OrleansYou know when you get to New Orleans
Somebody’ll show you the Zulu King
IF EVER I CEASE TO LOVE (chorus)
If I ever cease to love, if I ever cease to love
May the moon be turned into green cheese
If I ever cease to love.
If I ever cease to love, if I ever cease to love
May little dogs wag their tails in front
If I ever cease to love.
If I ever cease to love, if I ever cease to love
May we all turn into cats and dogs
If I ever cease to love.
If I ever cease to love, if I ever cease to love
May a sane man adore his mother-in-law
If I ever cease to love.
From “If I Ever Cease to Love”
and other waltzes,
music and Mardi Gras have been
bound to each other.
‘If Ever I Cease to Love’
has been the royal anthem
of Rex since 1872.
From Bienville to Bourbon Street to bounce. 300 moments that make New Orleans unique. WHAT
HAPPENED
Mardi Gras probably would not ex-ist in its current form if it weren’t for the street music that accompanies pa-rades, and much of New Orleans’ mu-sic wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for Mar-di Gras. Henri Schindler, in his book Mardi Gras: New Orleans, writes “the joyous license of [New Orleans’] mu-sic owes more than a passing acquain-tance to the liberties of Mardi Gras
and a population long-accustomed to dancing in the streets.”
While waltzes may be popular in the ballrooms, drum-heavy bands get people moving in the street. Traditional military music,
the call and response of the Mardi Gras Indians and modern funk played by brass bands all have a place in the lexicon of Mardi Gras music.
CARNIVAL TIME
The Green room is smokin’
And the Plaza’s burnin’ down
Throw my baby out the window
And let the joint burn down
All because it’s Carnival Ti-i-ime
Whoa, it’s Carnival TimeOh well, it’s
Carnival TimeAnd everybody’s
havin’ fun