[Dixielandjazz] If Ever I Cease to Love

[Roger Wade]

Hi Dave,

I loved that Youtube of the Zenith Brass Band.  Thanks for posting it.

For those of you on Facebook here is a link to my "Really Old Records" Facebook page where I posted scans of the picture sleeve and labels of a 1954 Southland 78 of "If Ever I Cease to Love" and the flip side "King Zulu Parade": 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Really-Old-Records/113492545338506?ref=search

  There is a link below each label scan which will play the tune.  On the picture sleeve the origin of the song as Mardi Gras theme is related.  The band includes Johnny Wiggs on cornet, Raymond Burke on clarinet, Emile christian on trombone and Paul Barbarin playing drums with that parade feel.

I hope you enjoy it in the spirit of Mardis Gras.

Best regards,

Roger Wade
Really Old Records

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On Mar 9, 2011, at 1:01 PM, david richoux wrote:

> 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