Zydeco: The Washboard Beat
Zydeco Music
Zydeco is a musical genre of folk music that had its roots in Louisiana. It first began in the early 19th century from forms of creole music,blending Cajun and blues together to form what is a rarely known but very rhythmic and fun music style called, "Zydeco".
Zydeco, Cajun strum
five gallon bucket
played for the drum
Outdoor jammin’
ain’t got no door
Louisiana girls
dancin’ on wood floor
Juice Harp, accordion breath
singin’ JuJu dolls
and Mojo death
Play that fiddle
rosin up that bow
crowd sing along
to cotton eyed Joe
Creole call on ole Bayou
in gator skin boots
yodels Lafayette Sue
Servin’ sausage gumbo
and crawfish pie
peel and eat shrimp
and Jambalaya
Mardi Gras
in New Orleans
throwin’ beads
and dried black beans
Gulf of Mexico
feel the heat
strummin’ dat music
on a washboard beat
Can’t set still
tappin’ my feet
gotta dance
can’t stay in my seat
Even Grand-papa
is playin’ hambone
swayin’ on his stool
to dat ole Zydeco