On Mardi Gras Day

Gonna see the parades
And hear the brass band play
Gonna second line
On Mardi Gras Day

Gonna see those costumes
In the Vieux Carré
When we go downtown
On Mardi Gras Day

And then we go somewhere
And get some red beans and rice
A drag of beer would be nice
Some hot crawfish would suffice

We’ll join the Big Chief
In singing “Ooh Nah Nay”
Until there’s no more sun on Mardi Gras Day

Gonna go to Claiborne
And Orleans Avenue
Gonna get that coconut
From the King Zulu

Gonna catch some doubloons
Maybe gold beads too
Gonna get some new friends
That’s gonna look like you

And then we go somewhere
And get some red beans and rice
A drag of beer would be nice
Some hot crawfish would suffice

We’ll join the Big Chief
In singing “Ooh Nah Nay”
Until there’s no more sun on Mardi Gras Day

And then we go somewhere
And get some red beans and rice
A drag of beer would be nice
Some hot crawfish would suffice

We’ll join the Big Chief
In singing “Ooh Nah Nay”
Until there’s no more sun on Mardi Gras Day