Album This song officially appears on the Wide Prairie Official album.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1998
From Wide Prairie liner notes:
We were at Sea Saint Studios in New Orleans working on Venus and Mars when Linda came up with this number. References to the Dew Drop Inn and The Dungeon – places we visited during our stay – were included, along with many other memories of Linda’s from our trip.
Gumbo and poor boys are all that I've seen in New Orleans
Creole Dish and Crawfish are all that I've seen in New Orleans
Oysters on a half shell, Bourbon Street got it's own smell, yeah
It got it's own smell, oh yeah.
Greased jeans and pralines are all that I've seen in New Orleans
Doom and gloom to fifty tunes are all that I've seen in New Orleans
Oysters on a half shell, Bourbon Street got it's own smell, yeah
It got it's own smell, oh yeah.
Do drop in to the Dew Drop Inn but don't do down to the dungeon
Don't go down, don't go down, don't go down
Don't go down, don't go down, don't go down
Oysters on a half shell, Bourbon Street got it's own smell, yeah
It got it's own smell, oh yeah.
Greased jeans and pralines are all that I've seen in New Orleans
Doom and gloom to fifty tunes are all that I've seen in New Orleans
Oysters on a half shell, Bourbon Street got it's own smell, yeah
It got it's own smell, oh yeah.
Do drop in to the Dew Drop Inn but don't do down to the dungeon
Don't go down, don't go down, don't go down
Don't go down, don't go down, don't go down
Greased jeans and pralines are all that I've seen in New Orleans
Doom and gloom to fifty tunes are all that I've seen in New Orleans
Oysters on a half shell, Bourbon Street got it's own smell, yeah
It got it's own smell, oh yeah.
Gumbo and poor boys are all that I've seen in New Orleans
Official album • Released in 1998
3:16 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Piano, Producer Linda Eastman / McCartney : Lead vocals, Piano Denny Laine : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar Joe English : Drums Alan O'Duffy : Recording engineer Doug Hopkins : Recording engineer Tim Summerhayes : Recording engineer
Official album • Released in 2019
3:16 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Piano, Producer Linda Eastman / McCartney : Lead vocals, Piano Denny Laine : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar Joe English : Drums Alan O'Duffy : Recording engineer Doug Hopkins : Recording engineer Tim Summerhayes : Recording engineer Alex Wharton : Remastering
Unofficial live • Released in 2014
0:33 • Live • Intro If I Fell ( 16Sep64)
Venus And Mars - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
2:07 • Studio version • Going To (My Carnival)
Album Wide Prairie
Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 2) 1990-2012
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