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New Orleans Mardi Gras ZULU KING A traditional Mardi Gras second line song paying tribute to the Zulu King of the New Orleans social add and pleasure Club (Zulu) #mardigras #secondline #buck A St. Augustine High School graduate and former member of the Marching 100 band, King Zulu 2025 Rodney P. Mason Jr. leans against his boxes of Mardi Gras throws as he plays his trumpet on Tuesday The song's lyrics advise anyone wishing to visit New Orleans to go to the Mardi Gras celebration and witness its various sights, such as to "see the Zulu King on Saint Claude and Dumaine." [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 1959, at time of the recording, the Zulu parade, hosted by the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, took an improvised route each year on the day Experience the vibrant and chaotic celebration of 1940 Mardi Gras in New Orleans, where the Zulu King leads the iconic Mardi Gras parade through the streets, When you see the Mardi Gras Somebody'll tell you what's Carnival for 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 Orleans You know when you get to New Orleans Somebody'll show you the Zulu King You will see the Zulu King Down on St. Claude and Dumaire You know, you'll Zulu King - James Andrews All On A Mardi Gras Day - The Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair Grazing in the Grass - Treme Brass Band Carnival Time - Rebirth Brass Band Who Dat Called Da Police - New Birth Brass Band Treme’ Second Line - Kermit Ruffins Party Town - Bobby Charles Zydeco Mardi Gras - C.J. Chenier But Barker's King Zulu sides would be the earliest set of recordings to incorporate the folk songs of Mardi Gras Indians. They also amount to the first Mardi Gras album — a group of songs all written, recorded and released with Carnival in mind. The project came at a turning point in his career, and in jazz more broadly. NEW ORLEANS — When the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club take to the streets on Mardi Gras Day, they're showcasing more than 100 years of Carnival tradition. It's a tradition Rodney Mason Arna Bontemps · Song · 1990. Listen to Josephine Copeland: New Orleans: Zulu King (at Mardi Gras) on Spotify. Arna Bontemps · Song · 1990. The unofficial Mardi Gras motto that captures the spirit of celebration. "Throw me something, mister!" - The traditional plea shouted to float riders when you want them to toss you some beads or trinkets. "If ever I cease to love" - The royal anthem of Rex, from an old nonsense song that became the official tune of Mardi Gras by chance. "Hail You ought to go see the Mardi Gras If you go to New Orleans You ought to go see the Mardi Gras When you see the Mardi Gras Somebody'll tell you what's Carnival for 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 Orleans You know when you get to New Orleans Somebody'll There is no strumming pattern for this song yet. You ought to go see the Mardi Gras Bb7 F7 When you see the Mardi Gras F7 Bb Somebody'll tell you what's Carnival King Zulu 2024 Melvin Labat stands up to be recognized during the Mayor's Mardi Gras King Cake Party at Mardi Gras World in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times Provided to YouTube by Slammin MediaZulu King · James Andrews · Dr. John · Donald Harrison · Trombone Shorty · Mark Brooks · Stanton Moore · James Andrews · About Go to the Mardi Gras "Go to the Mardi Gras" or "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" is a New Orleans Mardi Gras-themed R&B song that was performed by Professor Longhair (real name Henry Roland Byrd) and recorded several times since 1949. He co-wrote the song with Theresa Terry. The song was covered by Fats Domino and released as a single in 1953. This song, written by Professor Longhair — one of New Orleans' greatest musical treasures — brings together two of Mardi Gras's richest traditions: the Zulu parade and second-lining. Zulu is an all-African-American krewe (actually a "Social Aid and Pleasure Club") whose parade includes the tossing of golden coconuts and is one of the Mardi Gras in New Orleans Lyrics & Meanings: Well I'm going to New Orleans, I'm gonna see the Mardi Gras / Well I'm going to New Orleans, I'm gonna see the Mardi Gras / When I get to New Orleans I wants to know what's carnival for / / I've got my ticket in my hand, I'm gonna go to New Orleans / I've got my ticket in my hand, I'm gonna go to New Orleans / When I get to New Orleans, I want to Go To The Mardi Gras 2:46 Trk 1 (R. Byrd, T. Terry) Professor Longhair (vocal & piano) Recorded: Cosimo Matassa's studio (Governor Nichols St. in New Orleans, 1959) W/John Boudreaux - drums, R Mardi Gras In New Orleans Song Lyrics and Chords by Fats Domino
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