TOM WAITS & THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND

Tom Waits and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, on a 78 RPM record. Sounds enticing, eh? Only 504 copies pressed, and they just went on sale at the Preservation Hall Jazz Band store, so if you're so inclined, you better not wait (here's where.). Oh yeah, they're fifty bucks each, which is a little rich for my blood, but for you high rollers, it's tax deductible. It's two songs, “Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing” and “Corrine Died On The Battlefield.” The original versions of these songs, by Danny Barker, were recorded in 1947, and according to the site, are "two of the earliest known recorded examples of Mardi Gras Indian chants." Here's one of the songs:

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Tom Waits & the Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing mp3 at Here Comes the Flood
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band online store
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band site