Basin Street Blues
Journey to New Orleans: Basin Street Blues Unveiled
Lyrics
Won't you come and go with me
Invitation to accompany the singer
Down that Mississippi
Traveling down the Mississippi River
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
Using a boat to reach a place of idealized aspirations
Come along with me on, down to New Orleans
Encouragement to journey to New Orleans together
Now the band's there to greet us
Arrival and reception by a band
Old friends will meet us
Reunion with familiar people
Where all them folks goin to the St. Louis cemetery meet
Reference to a meeting point at St. Louis cemetery
Heaven on earth, they call it basin street
Describing Basin Street as a heavenly place
I'm tellin' ya, basin street, is the street
Emphasis on Basin Street as a significant location
Where all them characters from the first street they meet
Mention of various personalities gathering there
New Orleans, land of dreams
New Orleans depicted as a place of dreams
You'll never miss them rice and beans
Assurance that one won't miss the local food
Way down south in new orleans
Geographical reference to New Orleans
They'll be huggin', and a kissin'
Description of affectionate gestures among people
That's what I been missin'
Expressing longing for these interactions
And all that music, lord, if you just listen'
Appreciation of the music in New Orleans
New Orleans, I got them basin street blues
Expression of feeling down or melancholic in Basin Street
Now ain't you glad you went with me
Confirmation of the positive experience
On down that Mississippi
Reflection on the journey down the Mississippi
We took a boat to the land of dreams
Reiteration of reaching an idealized place
Heaven on earth, they call it basin street
Describing Basin Street as a paradise on Earth
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