[Dixielandjazz] Lyrics - Come to the Mardi Gras

[Robert O'Brien]

In 2009 Kevin Yeates of Vancouver Canada was looking for the lyrics
for the song "Come to the Mardi Gras" by Ervin Drake & Jimmy Shirl.

Don Robertson responded as follows:

I can remember the first verse from hearing it as a kid 50 + years ago.

"I heard them sing come to the Mardi Gras
It was Rio in spring time for Mardi Gras
I saw her there confetti in her hair
Swept along by the throng wasn't long til we met
When we kissed my heart beat faster faster than a castinette"

I think there was another verse, but it escapes me.

Don Robertson
Napa CA

I too remember the song from many years ago including a second verse:

"I heard them sing, come to the Mardi Gras,
It was Rio in spring time for Mardi Gras
Romance was ours beneath Brazilian stars
Love is there in the air anywhere that you are
Make my sweetest dreams come true,
Come to the Mardi Gras"

Are you able to pass these on if anyone is still interested?

Rob O'Brien
Sydney, Australia






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