I wanna job like Arthur Hardy
Making money on parades
I want to make Fat Tuesday fatter
Become so famous I won't need a ladder
I want Rex to know my name
I want Comus to remember my face
I want to strut like a trombone sortie
And make a healthy living like Arthur Hardy
Hey hey hey throw me something mister!
Wow, lady you look like my little sister!
How about a set of doubloons?
Well, I'll put you on the six-o-clock news
How about a dozen cups?
You know that I collect them coconuts,
Maybe one of those African spears
Then one of those C-cup bra**ieres
Give me a job like Arthur Hardy
Working two weeks out of the year
Taking 50 weeks off to relax
So I can organize this junk I catch
I want Zulu to know my name
Dorothy Mae to remember my face
Ah, a-living life naturally
Just like Arthur Hardy
It's the Mardi Gras mambo mambo mambo
The Mardi Gras mambo mambo mambo
The Mardi Gras mambo-oooo...
Down in New Orleans
You'll be on print on every newstand
You'll toast the king at Gallier Hall
You'll toast the queen at the Intercontinental
And all the queens down on Conti and Royal
You'll get pelted by every float
Always coming home with quite a load
Dressed in colors that golfers think are pretty
As you're strutting round in here Crescent City
Give me a job like Arthur Hardy
Making money on parades
I want to make Fat Tuesday fatter
Become so famous I won't need a ladder
I want Rex to know my name
I want Blaine to mold my face
Oh, living life naturally
Just like Arthur ... Arthur