I was born in the southern land That’s where I became a man My roots was down in New Orleans The birth of jazz and voodoo queens From the heart of Louisiana Marie Laveaux, and Mojo Hannah Grew up on the music of the streets Second line bands and the Indian beats
That’s where it’s going down Back on my stompin’ ground
‘Fesser Longhair, Fats Domino From Smiley Lewis, to the Great Satchmo From the Wild Tchoupatoulas, to the Creole Wild West Neither tribe didn’t take no mess From way up town in the Thirteenth ward The Crescent City was my back yard With Mac Rebennack and Scarface John Hung in the Dew Drop all night long
That’s where it’s going down Back on my stompin’ ground
That’s where it’s going down Back on my stompin’ ground Back on my stompin’ ground
Way down yonder in New Orleans The land of them creole queens I sure love this southern town It got me through a lot of ups and downs Times were bad and times were good
I owe it all to my neighborhood From the Ninth ward, to way uptown Every block was my stompin’ grounds
That’s where it’s going down Back on my stompin’ ground
That’s where it’s going down Back on my stompin’ ground
Mole Face and Melvin, Billy Beat the World Trecherous Slim, Secondline Black Big Chief Jolly, Ratty Chin Brother Jake, Apache Red
Stackalee, James Booker Marvin and Johnny, Art the Mighty Row Hornman, Jabby Izzy Koo
That’s where it’s going down Back on my stompin’ ground
Calliope Project, Magnolia St. Thomas, Pilot Land, St. Bernard Melpomine – Yeah Sometimes them streets was mean, can ya dig? But that was my stompin’ ground, where y’at, Jack?