WHILE WE DANCED AT THE MARDI GRAS

(Alfred Opler, Johnny Mercer)


As recorded by:
Bertini & His Band,
V. Tom Barratt
Recorded 29th October 1932

Also recorded by:
Dick Hyman, V. Evan Christopher
Al Hirt,
Andy Sherwood,
Pete Fountain
Dukes of Sixieland,
Sammy Rimington,
Yank Lawson……..
….and many more.



How we danced, as we dreamed at the Mardi Gras
Was romance what it seemed at the Mardi Gras
Was the love that we made just a brief masquerade
Was it gone with the song that the orchestra played
With a sigh, with a glance at the moon above
Was it just by chance we spoke of love
Or did you somehow feel that the wonder was real
While we danced at the Mardi Gras.



(Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM 
Record Collection by Bill Huntley - August 2013)