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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.


May little dogs wag their tails in front



May we all turn into cats and dogs



May a sane man adore his mother-in-law


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