Performance - Mardi Gras

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Lesson time: (7min 56sec)

Paddy, Marcus, Pat and Jay take the stage to perform the classic New Orleans tune Mardi Gras.

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Lesson transcript:

Final Tune Selection

Instructor: What tune should we do, guys, to finish off?

Students: Oh, yeah, yeah.

Instructor: I've never actually sung that tune, but... and yeah, yeah, I don't know what we should do. We should try and end on a tune, that's all.


Mardi Gras

Instructor: Let's do a bit of a Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras on my side there. Yeah, let's do a Mardi Gras.


New Orleans Tune

Instructor: All right, we'll do a New Orleans tune for you that goes a bit like this.

Count In: Three, four.


Lyrics:

Gonna see New Orleans,
I'm gonna see that Mardi Gras.
When I see Mardi Gras,
Well, somebody gonna tell me what carnival's for.
With my ticket in my hand,
I'm going down to New,
With my ticket in my hand,
I'm going down to New Orleans.

When I get in your lane,
I'm going to see that Zulu Queen.
Going to see that Zulu Queen
Down on St. Claude and Jermaine.
Going to see that Zulu Queen
Down on St. Claude and her man.

When I see that Zulu Queen,
We're gonna see, we're gonna see that Tulum King.
What you say?

Nobody
Going to New Orleans,
I'm going to see that Voodoo Queen.
When I'm going to New Orleans,
Going to see that Voodoo Queen.
When I go to New Orleans,
We're gonna have that Mardi Gras.


Instructor: Thanks, guys. Give it up!

Students: Thank you!

Instructor: Cool. Thanks a lot, guys. Yeah, stay in touch, and hopefully, you've learned something from today.

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