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Blues Lyrics - Hans Theessink
New Orleans
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by
Hans Theessink
recording of 1992
from
Call Me (Deluge DEL-D-3006)
Sixty-one out of Baton Rouge
Down Louisian'
Heading for the gulf of Mexico
Sun is beating, ain't no breeze
Spanish moss from big old trees
Listening to the cajun
radio
Going down on the Mississippi Queen
Going down down down to New Orleans
Corner bands on Jackson Square
Music fills the air
Bon temps roulez, let the good times roll
Tipitina's, second line
Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint
Snooks Eaglin, Doctor John, Fats Domino
Going down on the Mississippi Queen
Going down down down to New Orleans
Crawfish, much as you can eat
Down on Bourbon Street
Oyster po'boy, best I've ever seen
Melting pot of jazz and soul
Blues and rock 'n roll
Creole
gumbo, dirty rice 'n beans
Going down on the Mississippi Queen
Going down down down to New Orleans
Professor Longhair dead 'n gone
His spirit lingers on
In the crescent city on lake Ponchartrain
Feel the rhythm in the street
New Orleans sound, New Orleans beat
Iko Iko and Little Liza Jane
Going down on the Mississippi Queen
Going down down down to New Orleans
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Note 1: cajun, a citizen from the U.S. state of Louisiana descended from French-speaking immigrants from Acadia, Canada. The Acadians were French settlers of eastern Canada who were exiled from their land in the 1750's. The Cajuns are their descendants who settled in Louisiana. The word Cajun is an alteration of Acadian. Find out more at this site,
Acadian-Cajun Genealogy & History
Note 2: Creole, French créole, from Spanish criollo, from Portuguese crioulo white person born in the colonies. A person of European descent born especially in the West Indies or Spanish America or a white person descended from early French or Spanish settlers of the U.S. Gulf states and preserving their speech and culture or a person of mixed French or Spanish and black descent speaking a dialect of French or Spanish.
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