Won't you come along with me To the Mississippi We'll take a boat to the land of dreams Steam down the river to New Orleans
Yes, band's there to greet us Old friends to greet us Where all the light and the dark folks meet Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
Ooooohhh, Basin Street, honey that's the street Where the elite always meet In New Orleans, the land of dreams You'll never know how nice it seems Just how much it really means Ooh, I'm glad to be, yes-sir-ee Where welcome's free and it's dear to me Where I can lose my Basin Street blues
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You'll be glad you came with me Down the Mississippi I'm gonna show you what the good life means No place can send ya like New Orleans
And we'll be glad to be, oh, yes-sir-ee Where welcome's free and it's dear to me Where I can lose, you take me back to Basin Street blues Talkin' 'bout the Basin Street blues