Christopher Miller

Lyrics

Now from Saint Charles Parrish
Down to Congo Square
Bamboola banzas fill up the air
Jungle drums. tambourines
That ole black magic and voodoo queens
Jambalaya and the rice and beans
Man, it's all in the gumbo down in New Orleans

I ain't never been
But I'm gonna go
Wear my alligator shoes
And wiggle my toes
I got a snake skin jacket
And a headful of steam
I'll play my Leadbelly Stella
Down in New Orleans

Well it's hi-de-ho
And zydeco
And squeezebox sweet talk
Wherever I go
Neon backlit postcard scenes
The Spanish moss is dripping
On my streetcar dreams
I throw my body in the human stream
And do the mud bug boogie
Down in New Orleans

I ain't never been
But I'm gonna go
Wear my alligator shoes
And wiggle my toes
I got snakeskin jacket
And a headful of steam
I'll play my Leadbelly Stella
Down in New Orleans

Yes there is a house
Down in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
If you know what I mean
Get sharp as mack the Knife
Get loud as Peter Gunn
They got that chicken fried mermaid
I'm gonna get me some
I'll get Bourbon Street dirty
Then, I'll get basin Street clean
It all comes out in the wash
Down in New Orleans

I ain't never been
But I'm gonna go
Wear my alligator shoes
And wiggle my toes
I got a snakeskin jacket
And a headful of steam
I play my Leadbelly Stella
Down in New Orleans