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The song of the Mardi Gras
The Mardi Gras gather once a year1
To ask for charity
They gather once a year
All around the village
Captain, captain, carry your flag
Let's go visit our neighbors
Captain, captain, carry your flag
Let's go on the road
The Mardi Gras ask for the permission to enter
Of every master and every mistress
They ask for the permission to enter
With courtesy
Captain, captain, carry your flag
Let's go visit our neighbors
Captain, captain, carry your flag
Let's go on the road
Give us a little fat chicken
Yes, or a little rice
We invite you to come tonight
And eat some good gumbo
Captain, captain, carry your flag
Let's go visit our neighbors
Captain, captain, carry your flag
Let's go on the road
Would you receive these Mard Gras
This great bunch of big drunks
The Mardi Gras thank you very much
Of your good intentions
Captain, captain, carry your flag
Let's go visit our neighbors
Captain, captain, carry your flag
Let's go on the road
The Mardi Gras come from everywhere
To ask for charity
They gather from everywhere
But mostly from Big Mamou
- 1. "This song is sung once a year during the traditional « Courir » (running) of Mardi Gras. In rural Cadien (Cajun) Louisiana, horsemen would organize on Mardi Gras day. Under the directions of the Capitaine, they would visit the surrounding farmsteads in search of ingredients for a communal gumbo. In exchange for his « Charity », the riders would frolic for the entertainment of the farmer and his family singing one of the many variations of this song." [http://www.lsue.edu/acadgate/mardmain.htm]
crimson_anticsFrench (Louisiana French)
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La chanson des Mardi Gras
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