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BABY KING
BEADS KING CAKES
CARNIVAL KREWE
CELEBRATIONS MASKS
COCONUTS NEWORLEANS
COSTUMES PARADE
CUPS PARTIES
DOUBLOONS POWER
FAITH PURPLE
FAT TUESDAY QUEEN
FLOATS REX
FRENCH THROWS
GOLD TRINKETS
GREEN WHISTLES
JUSTICE ZULU
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answer to the following:

What do you say to entice people on the parade floats to throw you
something?

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 Mardi Gras alphabet code

A= 1 F= 6 K= 11 P= 16 U= 21

B= 2 G= 7 L= 12 Q= 17 V= 22

C= 3 H= 8 M= 13 R= 18 W= 23

D= 4 I= 9 N= 14 S= 19 X= 24

E= 5 J= 10 O= 15 T= 20 Y= 25

Z= 26

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3 15 19 20 21 13 5

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13 1 19 11

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17 21 5 5 14
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16 1 18 1 4 5

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2 5 1 4 19

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Drop Me Off in New Orleans
by Kermit Ruffins
Slang (informal English) is very common in New Orleans. Some words are shorten and pronunciations
are changed. Correct grammar is not important to some English speakers in the South.
Gotta - Drop me off-
Down and out-
Dem - Em-
Red Beans- a meal, beans and sauce on rice
Hommies -
Mustard/Collard Greens- a side dish, steamed Zulu- a powerful 19th century African tribe
vegetables in butter
Drop me off in New Orleans!
Have you _____________ to New Orleans?
It's the hottest city you've _____________.
Gotta love dem red beans,
you gotta love dem mustard greens.
In this city called New Orleans.
If you're not from New Orleans, let me hear you
scream.
Hope you're feeling much _________ now,
like my hommies feel.
When you're _________ down and out
and you ________ there's no way out...
You get dropped off in New Orleans.
Drop me off in New Orleans, man!
Oh drop me off in New Orleans!
Drop me off, Oh in New Orleans.
Gotta love dem butter beans.
Gotta love dem collard greens.
So drop me off in New Orleans.
If you're not from New Orleans, let me hear you
scream.
Hope you're feeling much __________ now,
like my hommies do.
When you're _________ down and out
and you ________ there's no way out...
Tell em drop me off in New Orleans.
So drop me off in New Orleans.
Drop me off in New Orleans.
Drop me off in New Orleans, man!
Go To The Mardi Gras
by Professor Longhair
Mardi Gras – a 2 week carnival held in New
Orleans.
Carnival – festivals held around the world 40
days before Easter (부활절)
Wanna-
St. Claude and Dumaire-street names in New Orleans
An' -
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Well if you go to New Orleans
you ________ to go see the Mardi Gras
If you go to New Orleans
You ________ to go see the Mardi Gras
When you see the Mardi Gras
Somebody'll ________ you what's Carnival for
Get your ticket in your ________
If you wanna go through New Orleans
Get your ticket in your ________
If you wanna go through New Orleans
You know when you get to New Orleans
Somebody'll ________ you the Zulu King
You will ________ the Zulu King
Down on St. Claude and Dumaire
You know, you'll ________ the Zulu King
Down on St. Claude and Dumaire
An' if you stay right there
I'm sure you'll ________ the Zulu Queen.
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 Goin' Back To New Orleans – Dr John
Some people in New Orleans used to speak French Creole- or 'Cajun'. Not many people speak it now,
but some Cajun/Creole words and phrases are still used in everyday English in New Orleans.
fe nan e' –Listen to me jambalaya- a meal, seafood/chicken/sausage mixed into rice
na-na – grandmother pralines- a candy with nuts, looks like a cookie, very sweet
parin – grandfather Mardi Gras- Mardi = Tuesday Gras = Fat, Fat Tuesday
couzine – cousin Goin'- Cus- Lovin'- Comin'-
etoufee – a meal, shrimp and sauce on rice crawfish- seafood, looks like a small lobster

Goin' back ________, fe nan e'

To the ________ of the beautiful queen
Goin back to home to my ________
Goin' back to New Orleans
(On the double, here comes the Neville Brothers!)
Seeing na-na, my parin,
Couzine and my ma and pa
Want to plant my feet on Rampart ________
Be there for the Mardi Gras
Goin' back home, fe nan e'
And never more will I roam
Goin get me fill of that etoufee
Cus New Orleans is my _________
(Is that a jumbo jet?
No, that's Big Al comin' to put a hurt on you)
Goin' back ________, fe nan e'
In the land of the Carnival Queen
I'm goin' back home to my ________
Goin' back to New Orleans
I want go back ________
Back where I'm little known
Yeah, ________, boss
You're ________ sweet ________.
(Here come Pete Fountain)
I want to see some
On that Mardi Gras queen
Good red beans
Baby, I want to go back ________
________, sweet ________
________ back to New Orleans

(On the level, there's Charlie Neville)
Get some crawfish, jambalaya
Red beans and fine pralines
Get some lovin' that gonna satisfy
____________ in New Orleans
(fade out with the Neville Brothers)
Goin' back ________, fe nan e'
In the land of the Carnival Queen
I'm goin' back ________ to my baby
Goin' back to New Orleans

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Did you know that many people eat rice and spicy foods every day in New
Orleans?

Boiled Crawfish Etoufee and Collard Red Beans and Rice

Greens Jambalaya

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