[Dixielandjazz] Sambadrome and While We Danced at the Mardi Gras

[david richoux]

Something to remember next year - the semi-official official Mardi Gras
anthem is: "If Ever I Cease to Love." It is most associated with the Rex
parade but can be heard elsewere.- there are several Youtubes of varying
quality - I like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjVcmyxPMoA

Dave Richoux


In a house, in a square in a quadrant
In a street, in a lane, in a road.

Turn to the left on the right hand
You see there my true love's abode

I go there a courting, And cooing to my love like a dove;
And swearing on my bended knee, If Ever I Cease To Love,
May sheep-heads grow on apple trees, If Ever I Cease To Love.

Chorus:
If Ever I Cease To Love, If Ever I Cease To Love,
May the moon be turn'd to green cream cheese,
If Ever I Cease To Love

She can sing, she can play on the piano,
She can jump, she can dance, she can run.

For she's a wonderful girlie; She's all of the rolled into one.
I adore her beauty, She's like an angel dropped from above;
May the fish get legs and the cows lay eggs'
If Ever I Cease To Love

May all dogs wag their tails in front,
If Ever I Cease To Love

Second Chorus:
If Ever I Cease To Love,If Ever I Cease To Love,
May we all turn into cats and dogs,
If Ever I Cease To Love

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:27 AM, <dwlit at cpcug.org> wrote:

> "While we danced at the MG" is in my "Dixieland Fake Book Vol. 1" (p. 67b)
>
> Nice tune. One band I'm in does it as a waltz (leader, who sings it, says
> his mother sang it all the time). Another band plays it moderately hot,
> with male vocal.
>
> I got it from the Pete Fountain recording.
>
> --Sheik
>
> .......>
> >  Also, since some OKOM fans might object to the Samba (I don't!), I have
> > also included a clip of Pete Fountain playing "While we danced at the
> > Mardi Gras"
> >
> > Pete Fountain link http://tinyurl.com/4fbklve
> >
> > Art Wood
>
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