New Orleans
by Hans Theessink recording of 1992 from Call Me (Deluge DEL-D-3006) Sixty-one out of Baton Rouge Down Louisian' Heading for the gulf of Mexico Sun is beating, ain't no breeze Spanish moss from big old trees Listening to the cajun radio Going down on the Mississippi Queen Going down down down to New Orleans Corner bands on Jackson Square Music fills the air Bon temps roulez, let the good times roll Tipitina's, second line Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint Snooks Eaglin, Doctor John, Fats Domino Going down on the Mississippi Queen Going down down down to New Orleans Crawfish, much as you can eat Down on Bourbon Street Oyster po'boy, best I've ever seen Melting pot of jazz and soul Blues and rock 'n roll Creole gumbo, dirty rice 'n beans Going down on the Mississippi Queen Going down down down to New Orleans Professor Longhair dead 'n gone His spirit lingers on In the crescent city on lake Ponchartrain Feel the rhythm in the street New Orleans sound, New Orleans beat Iko Iko and Little Liza Jane Going down on the Mississippi Queen Going down down down to New Orleans __________ Note 1: cajun, a citizen from the U.S. state of Louisiana descended from French-speaking immigrants from Acadia, Canada. The Acadians were French settlers of eastern Canada who were exiled from their land in the 1750's. The Cajuns are their descendants who settled in Louisiana. The word Cajun is an alteration of Acadian. Find out more at this site, Acadian-Cajun Genealogy & History Note 2: Creole, French créole, from Spanish criollo, from Portuguese crioulo white person born in the colonies. A person of European descent born especially in the West Indies or Spanish America or a white person descended from early French or Spanish settlers of the U.S. Gulf states and preserving their speech and culture or a person of mixed French or Spanish and black descent speaking a dialect of French or Spanish.
