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sweet new orleans

from lo fi by George Breakfast

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you may know it well
or have never been
to New Orleans
but the Big Easy
sure has been to you
American music
that we all hear
can mostly find
its beginnings there
sweet New Orleans
how we cry for you

a hurricane
named Katrina came
to devastate you
thousands of your people
neighbourhoods and homes
all gone
Lake Ponchartrain
burst through the levee
as the weight of that water
our hearts are as heavy
sweet New Orleans
how we cry for you

the French Quarter stayed high and dry
your jazz and blues and funk and soul is well and alive
and all round the world your legacy thrives
hang tough New Orleans you can never die


Louis Armstrong
Professor Longhair
and Allen Toussaint
Fats Domino
Dr John, the funky Meters
to name a few
Tipitina’s
Bourbon St
the world’s still dancing
to your funky beat
sweet New Orleans
how we cry for you

words & music by George Bacon copyright 2005
Cottage Pie Music(BMI)

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from lo fi, released April 1, 2011

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