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thatcrazycajunIf you want something to sing for Mardi Gras besides "Mardi Gras Mambo" for a change...
GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A KING FLOAT
Music: "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" by Elmo & Patsy
Parody Lyrics: Matt G. Leger
Chorus: Grandma got run over by a king float(1)
Walking 'cross Canal Street Mardi Gras Eve;
You can say there's no such thing as *Bacchus* (2)
But as for me and Grandpa, we believe!
She'd had way too much sangria (3)
And we begged her not to go,
But she dropped her new bifocals
As she stumbled through the Quarter to the show.
N.O.P.D. found her Tuesday
At the scene of the attack,
Tractor tread marks (4) on her forehead
And the St. Aug marchers' (5) footprints on her back!
Chorus / ...You can say there's no such thing as *Hermes*...
Now, we're all so proud of Grandpa
He's been taking this so well;
See him in there watching Morgus (6)
Drinking Barq's and playing Bourré with Aunt Belle!
Carnival's sad without Grandma
Dressed in purple, green and gold,
And we just can't help but wonder:
Should we eat her king cake slice...or let it mold?
Chorus / ...You can say there's no such thing as *Zulu*...(7)
Now they're on the street parading
Gaudy costumes, masks and all
As we step on people's fingers
Adding beads, doubloons and throw-cups to our haul.
I've warned all my friends and neighbors:
Watch your step when you're downtown
And get on the sidewalk quickly
If you see a giant king float bearing down!
Chorus / ...You can say there's no such thing as *Comus*(8)...
Parody lyrics ©1986-2007 by Matt G. Leger. Use for profit requires prior written consent from all copyright holders. No infringement on existing copyrights intended or to be inferred. All other uses freely permitted so long as this credit is retained unaltered.
FOOTNOTES:
1. A king float is the float in a Mardi Gras krewe's parade carrying the man chosen by the krewe to reign as its king (usually a local business owner or official) in the current year. His queen (usually a local debutante) may ride on the float with him or on her own separate float with her court of ladies-in-waiting.
2. Bacchus is one of the so-called "super-krewes," whose membership is large and whose parades are usually also large and elaborate. Its parade is led by a national celebrity reigning as Bacchus and terminates in the Superdome with a tableaux ball that is open to the public, unlike those of most krewes.
3. Sangria is a popular hot drink carried by parade-goers, usually in leather wineskins.
4. Tractors are used to pull the floats in most parades, although the more well-to-do krewes often have self-propelled floats. Tractors replaced horses in this duty sometime in the mid-20th century.
5. The St. Augustine Catholic High School marching band is the biggest and best-known band that marches in parades during Carnival season in New Orleans. It is usually in the main parade on Mardi Gras Day itself, led by Rex, the King of Carnival.
6. Morgus the Magnificent, AKA Dr. Momus Alexander Morgus, MD, is a character who hosted a long-running horror-film show on local television in New Orleans for many years, played by Sidney Noel Rideau. He even had a pop song recorded about him by Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack and Frankie Ford (of "Sea Cruise" fame) under the name Morgus and the Ghouls.
7. The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club is the main African-American krewe in New Orleans and leads the first parade on Mardi Gras Day, preceding Rex's and often satirizing that organization (the first King Zulu wore a lard-can crown and carried a banana-stalk scepter, and arrived downtown on a garbage barge to mock Rex's traditional steamboat landing). One of the most prized throws in all of Mardi Gras is the famed gold-painted Zulu coconut, handed out to a select few along the parade route.
8. The Mystick Krewe of Comus historically staged the final parade of Mardi Gras, on the evening of Mardi Gras Day. The celebration officially ends at midnight with the ceremonial meeting of Comus and Rex in the former's ball at the city's Municipal Auditorium, at which the monarchs and their krewes toast each other. An anti-discrimination ordinance passed by the City Council in the 1990s caused Comus to withdraw its parade from the schedule rather than disclose its members' identities to the city government as the law required. The ball is still held, however.
Music: "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" by Elmo & Patsy
Parody Lyrics: Matt G. Leger
Chorus: Grandma got run over by a king float(1)
Walking 'cross Canal Street Mardi Gras Eve;
You can say there's no such thing as *Bacchus* (2)
But as for me and Grandpa, we believe!
She'd had way too much sangria (3)
And we begged her not to go,
But she dropped her new bifocals
As she stumbled through the Quarter to the show.
N.O.P.D. found her Tuesday
At the scene of the attack,
Tractor tread marks (4) on her forehead
And the St. Aug marchers' (5) footprints on her back!
Chorus / ...You can say there's no such thing as *Hermes*...
Now, we're all so proud of Grandpa
He's been taking this so well;
See him in there watching Morgus (6)
Drinking Barq's and playing Bourré with Aunt Belle!
Carnival's sad without Grandma
Dressed in purple, green and gold,
And we just can't help but wonder:
Should we eat her king cake slice...or let it mold?
Chorus / ...You can say there's no such thing as *Zulu*...(7)
Now they're on the street parading
Gaudy costumes, masks and all
As we step on people's fingers
Adding beads, doubloons and throw-cups to our haul.
I've warned all my friends and neighbors:
Watch your step when you're downtown
And get on the sidewalk quickly
If you see a giant king float bearing down!
Chorus / ...You can say there's no such thing as *Comus*(8)...
Parody lyrics ©1986-2007 by Matt G. Leger. Use for profit requires prior written consent from all copyright holders. No infringement on existing copyrights intended or to be inferred. All other uses freely permitted so long as this credit is retained unaltered.
FOOTNOTES:
1. A king float is the float in a Mardi Gras krewe's parade carrying the man chosen by the krewe to reign as its king (usually a local business owner or official) in the current year. His queen (usually a local debutante) may ride on the float with him or on her own separate float with her court of ladies-in-waiting.
2. Bacchus is one of the so-called "super-krewes," whose membership is large and whose parades are usually also large and elaborate. Its parade is led by a national celebrity reigning as Bacchus and terminates in the Superdome with a tableaux ball that is open to the public, unlike those of most krewes.
3. Sangria is a popular hot drink carried by parade-goers, usually in leather wineskins.
4. Tractors are used to pull the floats in most parades, although the more well-to-do krewes often have self-propelled floats. Tractors replaced horses in this duty sometime in the mid-20th century.
5. The St. Augustine Catholic High School marching band is the biggest and best-known band that marches in parades during Carnival season in New Orleans. It is usually in the main parade on Mardi Gras Day itself, led by Rex, the King of Carnival.
6. Morgus the Magnificent, AKA Dr. Momus Alexander Morgus, MD, is a character who hosted a long-running horror-film show on local television in New Orleans for many years, played by Sidney Noel Rideau. He even had a pop song recorded about him by Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack and Frankie Ford (of "Sea Cruise" fame) under the name Morgus and the Ghouls.
7. The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club is the main African-American krewe in New Orleans and leads the first parade on Mardi Gras Day, preceding Rex's and often satirizing that organization (the first King Zulu wore a lard-can crown and carried a banana-stalk scepter, and arrived downtown on a garbage barge to mock Rex's traditional steamboat landing). One of the most prized throws in all of Mardi Gras is the famed gold-painted Zulu coconut, handed out to a select few along the parade route.
8. The Mystick Krewe of Comus historically staged the final parade of Mardi Gras, on the evening of Mardi Gras Day. The celebration officially ends at midnight with the ceremonial meeting of Comus and Rex in the former's ball at the city's Municipal Auditorium, at which the monarchs and their krewes toast each other. An anti-discrimination ordinance passed by the City Council in the 1990s caused Comus to withdraw its parade from the schedule rather than disclose its members' identities to the city government as the law required. The ball is still held, however.