"I’m Glad Your Dead You Rascal You"Louis Armstrong sang "I’m Glad Your Dead You Rascal You" before Britain’s hereditary head of state ten years after leaving New Orleans. "This one’s for you, Rex" the American musician told the “king”. He didn’t explain that Rex was the name that black people in his home town of New Orleans gave to the white king of the Mardi Gras, whom they loved to mock. Mr. Armstrong seems to have understood that those who think of themselves as monarchs have forfeited any right to respect. Acknowledgement: Thomas Brothers, Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans.
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