The Meters - Mardi Gras Mambo lyrics

(Uuh!) Down in New Orleans Where 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, pambo, mambo, mambo Mardi Gras, mambo-ooh Down in New Orleans In Gert Town Where the cats all meet There's a Mardi Gras mambo With a beat Join the Chief with the Zulu gang And truck on down Where the mambo's swing The Mardi Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo Party Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo Pardi Gras, mambo-ooh Down in New Orleans Down in New Orleans Where 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 Party Gras, mambo-ooh Down in New Orleans Mardi Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo Party Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo Pardi Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo Pardi Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo