Basin Street Blues
Discover the Heartbeat of Basin Street Blues
Lyrics
Won't you come along with me
Invitation for someone to accompany the speaker
To the Mississippi
Reference to the Mississippi River
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
Planning to journey by boat to an idealized place
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans
Describing the journey downstream to New Orleans via steamboat
The band's there to meet us
A music band awaits the arrival
Old friends there to greet us
Expectation of meeting old friends
Where all the proud and elite folks meet
Reference to an area where prestigious individuals gather
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
Portraying New Orleans' Basin Street as a heavenly place on Earth
Basin Street is the street
Identification of Basin Street as a notable location
Where the best folks always meet
Highlighting that esteemed individuals often gather on this street
In New Orleans, land of dreams
Emphasizing New Orleans as an idealized place of dreams
You'll never know how nice it seems,
Expressing that one may not comprehend the beauty of Basin Street
Or just how much it really means
Stressing the difficulty of fully understanding its significance
Glad to be, oh yes-sirree
Expressing joy and contentment being in this place
Where welcome's free and dear to me
Appreciation for the warmth and openness of the welcome received
Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues
Desire to rid oneself of the melancholy associated with Basin Street Blues
Basin Street, oh Basin Street
Repetition emphasizing the significance of Basin Street
Is the street, mama
Reiterating that Basin Street is located in New Orleans
New Orleans, land of dreams
Reiterating New Orleans as a land where dreams come true
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