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Credits

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

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Down in New Orleans where the blues was born
Takes a cool cat to blow a horn
On Lasalle and Rampart Street
Combo's playin' with a mambo beat
[Verse 2]
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo down in New Orlean
[Verse 3]
In Gert Town where the cats all meet
There's a Mardi Gras Mambo with a beat
They shout and cheer for the Zulu gang
Truck on down where the Mambos swing
[Verse 4]
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo down in New Orlean
[Verse 5]
Down in New Orleans where the blues was born
Takes a cool cat to blow a horn
On Lasalle and Rampart Street
Combo's playin' with a mambo beat
[Verse 6]
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo down in New Orlean
[Verse 7]
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
[Verse 8]
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras Mambo, Mambo, Mambo
Mardi Gras
Written by: Cole Porter, George Porter, Jr., Joseph Modeliste, Neville, Nocentelli

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