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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Art Neville
Art Neville
Performer
The Hawketts
The Hawketts
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Patrick Adams
Patrick Adams
Songwriter
Welsch
Welsch
Songwriter
Ken Elliott
Ken Elliott
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Andy Mckaie
Andy Mckaie
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Down in New Orleans, where the blues was born
It takes a cool cat to blow a horn
On LaSalle and Rampart street
The combos play with a mambo beat
[Verse 2]
The Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo
Down in New Orleans
[Verse 3]
In Gert Town, where the cats all meet
It's the Mardi Gras Mambo with a beat
Shout a cheer for the Zulu King
And truck on down with a mambo swing
[Verse 4]
The Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo
Down in New Orleans
[Verse 5]
Down in New Orleans, where the blues was born
It takes a cool cat to blow a horn
On LaSalle and Rampart street
The combos play with a mambo beat
[Verse 6]
The Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo
Down in New Orleans
[Verse 7]
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Written by: Frankie Adams, Lou Welsch, Ken Elliot

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