BRAVE COMBO – Zydeco Gumby Ya Ya

Brave Combo is a polka/rock/worldbeat band based in Denton, Texas. Founded in 1979 by guitarist/keyboardist/accordionist Carl Finch, they have been a prominent fixture in the Texas music scene for more than thirty-five years. Their music, both originals and covers, incorporates a number of dance styles, mostly polka, but also some Latin American and Caribbean styles like norteño, salsa, rumba, cha-cha-cha, choro, samba, two-step, cumbia, charanga, merengue, ska, etc.

Zydeco is a music genre that evolved in southwest Louisiana by French Creole speakers which blends blues, rhythm and blues, and music indigenous to the Louisiana Creoles and the Native American people of Louisiana. Although it is distinct in origin from the Cajun music of Louisiana, the two forms influenced each other, forming a complex of genres native to the region.

I’m okay, how’s by you We’re having a dance on the ol’ bayou You could do like the Cajuns do Zydeco Gumby Ya Ya

Les haricots means beans in France Zydeco is a Lousiana dance *You could try it, you gonna got the chance Zydeco Gumby Ya Ya

Et toi, et lâ?¦ã?²ã¬-bas Zydeco Gumby Ya Ya Don’t say you got feet of clay Les haricots sont pas salé??

Les haricots are haute cuisine So zydeco’s good for the human bean Don’t be blue if you should be green Zydeco Gumby Ya Ya

Lé??he pas la patate!

Et toi, et lâ?¦ã?²ã¬-bas Zydeco Gumby Ya Ya Don’t say you got feet of clay Laissez les bon temps roulez

Les haricots are haute cuisine So zydeco’s good for the human bean Don’t be blue if you should be green Zydeco Gumby Ya Ya

*Jeffrey’s note: This line started out as “If you wanna go, you’re gonna got the chance.”