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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Meters
The Meters
Performer
Neville
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Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ziggy Modeliste
Ziggy Modeliste
Composer
Leo Nocentelli
Leo Nocentelli
Composer
Art Neville
Art Neville
Composer
George Porter, Jr.
George Porter, Jr.
Songwriter
Cyril Neville
Cyril Neville
Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Eh la ba
Crawfish etouffee
They all ask'd for you
[Verse 2]
I went on down to the Audubon Zoo
And they all ask'd for you
They all ask'd for you (For who?)
Well, they even inquired about you
I went on down to the Audubon Zoo
And they all ask'd for you
The monkeys asked
The tigers asked
And the elephant asked me too
[Verse 3]
Oh, do it
Oh, you know that something there
Red beans and rice
[Verse 4]
Eh la ba (Eh la ba)
Yeah, Lamba
Red beans and rice
Creole gumbo
[Verse 5]
I went on up to the big old sky
And they all ask'd for you (For who?)
They all ask'd for you
Well, they even inquired about you
I went on up to the big old sky
And they all ask'd for you
The ducks asked
The eagles asked
And the buzzard asked me too
[Verse 6]
Do it, do it
Eh la ba (Eh la ba)
With the bull toad goulet
[Verse 7]
Eh la ba (Eh la ba)
Eh la ba
Grits and fish drippings
And a crawfish dish and l'etouffee
Boil willin' and tomato past
[Verse 8]
Do it
Join hands together
[Verse 9]
I went on down to the deep blue sea
And they all ask'd for you
They all ask'd for you (For me?)
Well, they even inquired about you
I went on down to the deep blue sea
And they all ask'd for you (For me?)
The shark asked
The whale asked
And the barracuda asked it too
[Verse 10]
They all ask'd for you (There in the morning)
They all ask'd for you (Early in the morning)
Everybody there wanna know where
They all ask'd for you
[Verse 11]
They all ask'd for you (There in the morning)
They all ask'd for you (Early in the evening)
Everybody there wanna know where
They all ask'd for you
[Verse 12]
Yeah
Written by: Art Neville, Cyril Neville, George Porter, Jr., Leo Nocentelli, Ziggy Modeliste

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