Nanette in New Orleans 🎬

Verse 1

Ze plane, she land — attend — zis is not ze London I expect!

Ze sign, she say "New Orleans" — comment dire — zat is not correct!

"Excusez-moi — is zis ze Heathrow?" — ze man, he look at me like zis —

"Cher, you in N'awlins now!" — comment dire — what is zis?!

Ze street, she is — how you say — très humid, très loud, très alive!

In London zey 'ave ze fog — 'ere ze fog, she is — made of ze hot, I not survive!

(c'est pas possible, c'est pas possible)

(mon dieu, mon dieu!)

(laissez les bons temps rouler — oo-wee!)

(she thought she was in London, sha — bless her heart!)

Pre-Chorus

Ze brass band, she is everywhere — comment dire — zis city, she never stop!

Ze music, she enter my body — attend — I cannot make zis stop!

Chorus

Nanette in New Orleans — street party, c'est la vie!

Ze brass band, she is playing — and she play just for me!

C'est pas possible — but 'ere I am, you see —

Nanette in New Orleans — formidable, très coquette — c'est she!

Verse 2

Ze street, she is one big party — everyone, zey dance and sing!

Ze tuba, she go BOOM BOOM — comment dire — zat is ze most beautiful zing!

Ze auntie, she grab my hand — "Baby, in N'awlins we CELEBRATE — now come on!"

Ze baret, she bounce — ze coat, she swing — Nanette, she forget ze London in ze rain!

(c'est pas possible, c'est pas possible)

(mon dieu, mon dieu!)

Pre-Chorus

Ze trombone, he look at Nanette — "You got soul, cher — where you from?!"

"Je suis from Paris — but today — comment dire — I am from ze drum!"

Chorus

Nanette in New Orleans — street party, c'est la vie!

Ze brass band, she is playing — and she play just for me!

C'est pas possible — but 'ere I am, you see —

Nanette in New Orleans — formidable, très coquette — c'est she!

Bridge

Ze beignet, she is — comment dire — ze snow, but ze snow you can eat, zis!

Ze café au lait — zey call it ze same in N'awlins — c'est magnifique!

"Cher, everything good come from France — we just make it better — oui?!"

(c'est Nanette, très Nanette)

(so Nanette, oh Nanette)

(so Nanette — c'est comme ça!)

(notre Nanette — she N'awlins now, sha!)

Chorus

Nanette in New Orleans — street party, c'est la vie!

Ze brass band, she is playing — and she play just for me!

C'est pas possible — but 'ere I am, you see —

Nanette in New Orleans — formidable, très coquette — c'est she!

Outro

Ze phone, she 'ave ten percent — "Papa — I am not in ze London, you see!"

"Ze street, she is one big party — zis city, she is — comment dire — ze me!"

"Oui papa... ze London, she will wait — New Orleans, she need Nanette — et bon!"

(laissez les bons temps rouler — oo-wee!)

(notre Nanette — she second line now, sha!)

Spoken

"This music was created by DiscoPrincess — Royalty of the na na na na Night"