[Dixielandjazz] Come to The Mardi Gras Lyrics

[Don Robertson]

Interesting, I never heard "Come To The Mardi Gras" by Mary Martin.  All 
I ever heard from her was South Pacific.  The only recording I ever 
heard of CTTMG was by FREDDY Martin, a Los Angeles bandleader who held 
forth at the Coconut Grove in the Ambassador Hotel.  Freddy Martin had a 
lot of hits in the '40's including Bumble Boogie and "I've Got A Lovely 
Bunch of Coconuts" sung by Merv Griffin who was Martin's vocalist at the 
time.  As a 12 year old kid I was a big fan.  I can still remember all 
the words to CTTMG.

Don Robertson
Napa, CA



Ken Mathieson wrote:
> Hi Bill et al,
>
> Bill Haesler wrote:
> "The 1947 hit "Come To The Mardi Gras" (a Portuguese tune) was composed by Max Bulhoes & Milton De Oliveria." 
>
> Sorry to pick nits, Bill. The tune, originally entitled, "Nao tenho lagrimas" (sorry Outlook Express doesn't make it easy to include the tilde over the "a" in "nao" or the acute on the first "a" in "lagrimas") was originally a Brasilian tune. Authors were Max Bulhoes (tilde over the "o") and Milton de Oliveira. I will concede that the original lyrics were in Portuguese, but it's worth knowing that the Brasilians are as keen on being mistaken for Portuguese as the Scots are about being called English! The song was a major hit of the Rio carnival of 1937 (and remains an evergreen of the Brasilian Carnaval season), so it took a full decade for it to be translated into English. Mind you, the English-speaking population of the world was slightly preoccupied for much of that decade! 
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken Mathieson 
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