I heard them sing
Come to the Mardi Gras
It was Rio in spring
Time for Mardi Gras
I saw her there
Confetti in her hair
Swept along by the throne
Wasn't long till we met
When we kissed my heart
Beat faster, faster
Than a castinet

You can bet
We watched the Moon
Come to the Mardi Gras
Like a painted balloon
At the Mardi Gras
Romance was ours
We meet Brazilian stars
Love is there in the air
Everywhere that you are

Make your sweetest dreams
For two come true
Come to the Mardi Gras

Then something new came to
Rio one night
Our brand new kind of music
Woke 'em up like dynamite
Everybody came to see
And they made like jubilee
Jazz was added to the samba
Is how it came to be

In New Orleans
I heard a dixie band
They were jumping like beans
At the Mardi Gras
I paid the bill and
I brought them to Brazil
When they played this parade
They were made in Brazil
Now we're swinging carioca goes to broken Brokaville (one love no preamp)

That be fine, but Sauer Rue
Jumps at the Mardi Gras
Jumps at the Mardi Gras
On the river Otuee
It's the own pa pa (pa pa)
Sweet when there's a Dixie beat
Love is there in the air
Everywhere love is meet

Make your sweetest dreams
For two come true
Come to the Mardi Gras

Louisiana comes to Copacabana
At the swinging party known is Mardi Gras