It's Mardi Gras in New Orleans! Remember those who have passed over and those who are displaced.
RIP Antoinette K-Doe who passed early on Mardi Gras Day 2009.
WWOZ streams
The Home of the Groove has some poppin' Mardi Gras music that is off da' hook.
Then there are the Lesser Antilles in size, but not in groove quotient. The other stations that we like at Carnaval time are RFO-Guadeloupe and Martinique. No news or commercials, just music non-stop.
For those searching for what to sing after Rex, here are a few verses:
IF EVER I CEASE TO LOVE
Verse 1:
In a house, in a square, in a quadrant,
In a street, in a lane, in a road.
Turn to the left, on the right hand,
you see my true love's abode.
I go there a courting,
and cooing to my love like a dove,
And swearing on my bend-ed knee
If ever I cease to love,
May sheepsheads grow on apple trees,
If ever I cease to love.
Chorus 1:
If ever I cease to love,
If ever I cease to love
May the moon be turned to green cream cheese,
If ever I cease to love
Verse 2:
She can sing, she can play on the piano,
She can jump, she can dance, she can run.
For she's a wonderful girlie,
She's all of them rolled into one.
I adore her beauty, she's like an angel dropped from above
May the fish get legs, and the cows lay eggs,
If ever I cease to love,
Chorus 2
If I ever cease to love,
If I ever cease to love,
May we all turn into cats and dogs,
If I ever cease to love