Key: D major
Verse 1
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New Orleans.
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So long, Ma.
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So long, Pa.
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I'm going to the Mardi Gras.
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I'm headed for New Or leans.
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You know why I want to be dressed
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and look at my best for New Orleans
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towards the mouth of the Mississippi
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me with hospitality
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I'm gonna drool like a fool for
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some jambalaya
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That Creole cooking is the end
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They say this shrimp leaves you limp
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And, Lord, if it's true New Orleans,
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you've made a lifelong friend
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Then crash the masquerade
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And now you tell there's a swell
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Little three -piece combo
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At Papa Joe's and Wales and Blues
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My French is weak when I speak
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From the heart when I say
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New Orleans, I love you, Buco
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So, so long, So long, pa
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Au revoir, I'm going to the Mardi Gras
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I'm headed for New Orleans
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I finally got me a pair
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You know why I want to be dressed
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And lookin' my best for New Orleans
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I wanna be dressed
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