The Meters - They All Ask'd For You, 5th track from the album Fire On The Bayou(1975) ♪ This song was on the Meters 1975 album, Fire On The Bayou. They are an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. While The Meters rarely enjoyed About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright They all asked for you I went on down to the Audubon Zoo And they all asked for you They all asked for you (For who?) Well, they even inquired about you I went on down to the Audubon Zoo And they all asked for you The monkeys asked The tigers asked And the elephant asked me too Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom Boo, dee bee doo, poo boom Boom, boom Good thing they kept Modeliste because he was the one that brought They All Ask'd For You to the band. When Modeliste was a child his parents used to have house parties. By the end of the night they would start singing a song that Modeliste would hear through the walls. The original words were not “They all ask’d for you,” Modeliste Well, they even inquired about you I went on down to the Audubon Zoo And they all asked for you The monkeys asked The tigers asked And the elephant asked me too Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom Boo, dee bee doo, poo boom Boom, boom Boo, dee bee doo, poo boom Hey, Lamba (hey Lamba, hey Lamba, hey Lamba) Red beans and rice Creole gumbo I went on up The mood of the song matches the mood of the spirit, it doesn't have to outright say "Mardi Gras" to be a Mardi Gras song, it's just a silly song that everyone knows and what better time for it to come out than when you're reveling and in that carnival spirit. They all asked for you I went on down to the Audubon Zoo And they all asked for you They all asked for you (for who?) Well they even inquired about you I went on down to the Audubon Zoo And they all asked for you The monkeys asked The tigers asked And the elephant asked me too Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom, Boo dee bee doo poo boom Boom Boom Boo dee Listen to They All Asked for You by Milton Batiste & Mardi Gras Big Shots on Apple Music. 1990. Duration: 3:08 They All Asked for You Lyrics by Rockin' Dopsie Jr. from the Super Mardi Gras album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: They All Asked For You 3:40 (J. Modeliste, A. Neville, C. Neville L. Nocentelli, J. Porter) Rockin' Dopsie Jr. Audubon Zoo, New Orleans, Louisiana ~ 03.03.07Photo's by Spot & BigFD007Music by the Meters - They All Ask'd for You & Hey Pocky A-Way The song "They All Ask'd for You" from the 1975 album Fire on the Bayou remains popular in the New Orleans region and is the unofficial theme song of the Audubon Zoo. [ 32 ] Awards and honors They all asked for you (For me?) Well, they even inquire about you I went on down to the deep blue sea And they all asked for you (For me?) The shark asked The whale asked And the barracuda asked me too They all asked for you (Every morning) They all asked for you (Every morning) Everybody there, crawling nowhere, they all ever ask for you They They All Ask'd for You Lyrics & Meanings: Hey, Lamba / Crawfish etouffee / They all asked for you / / I went on down to the Audubon Zoo / And they all asked for you / They all asked for you / (For who?) / / Well, they even inquired about you / I went on down to the Audubon Zoo / And they all asked for you / / The monkeys asked / The tigers asked / And the elephant asked me too / / Boom, boom Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Olympia Brass Band Mardi Gras in New Orleans (Bar Room) Bounce - Brass-A-Holics, Mecca Notes Mardi Gras - Dierks Bentley, Trombone Shorty When I Die - You Better Second Line - Kermit Ruffins Big Chief - Treme Brass, Indian Band Drop Me Off In New Orleans - Kermit Ruffins They All Ask’d for You - The Meters The Meters - They All Ask'd for You E Es la bas, Crawfish Etoufee (crawfish) E They all asked for you. E B7 I went on down to the Audubon Zoo and they all asked for you. B7 They all asked for you. (for who?) Well they even inquired about you. Listen to Jo-El Sonnier They All Asked For You MP3 song. They All Asked For You song from the album Cajun Mardi Gras is released on Jan 2004. The duration of song is 3 min 31 sec. Everyone in New Orleans knows the essential Mardi Gras songs. The likes of “Carnival Time,” “Mardi Gras Mambo,” “Go To the Mardi Gras,” “Big Chief” and “Second-Line, Pt. 1” are 35. Queen of the Mardi Gras – Marc Broussard. 36. Rebirth Groove – Rebirth Brass Band. 37. Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) – The Jacksons. 38. Somebody Else’s Guy – Jocelyn Brown. 39. Tell It Like It Is – Aaron Neville. 40. The Mardi Gras Song – Kermit Ruffins. 41. They All Asked for You – The Meters. 42. Tipitina and Me & The Zydeco Twisters Album: Super Mardi Gras- MG 1045 (1999)Metairie, LA I went on up to the Audubon Zoo And they only asked for you They all asked for you Well, even inquired about you I went on
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