Basin Street Blues
Journey to the Heart of Dreams: Basin Street Revelry
Lyrics
Won't you come along with me
Invitation for someone to accompany the singer
To the Mississippi
Reference to the Mississippi River
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
Planning to travel by boat to a fantastical place
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans
Traveling downstream to New Orleans
The band's there to meet us
A musical band is present to welcome
Old friends there to greet us
Expecting to meet old acquaintances
Where all the proud and elite folks meet
A place where affluent and respected people gather
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
New Orleans' Basin Street is described as a heavenly place
Basin Street is the street
Description of Basin Street as a meeting place for esteemed individuals
Where the best folks always meet
Reiteration of the quality of people meeting on Basin Street
In New Orleans, land of dreams
New Orleans is portrayed as a dreamlike location
You'll never know how nice it seems,
Highlighting the inability to fully comprehend the beauty of the place
Or just how much it really means
Expressing difficulty in quantifying the significance of Basin Street
Glad to be, oh yes-sirree
Expressing happiness and contentment
Where welcome's free and dear to me
Emphasizing the value of feeling welcomed
Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues
Desire to overcome melancholy associated with Basin Street
Basin Street, oh Basin Street
Reiteration of the significance of Basin Street
Is the street, mama
Confirmation that Basin Street is located in New Orleans
New Orleans, land of dreams
Reiteration of New Orleans as a dreamlike place
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