Basin Street Blues
Discover the Soulful Journey to New Orleans in Dean Martin's Basin Street Blues
Lyrics
Won't you come along with me
Invitation to join the speaker on a journey
To the Mississippi
Reference to the Mississippi River
We'll take the boat to the land of dreams
Expressing a desire to reach a dreamlike destination
Steam down the river down to New Orleans
Using a boat to travel down the river to New Orleans
The band's there to meet us
Anticipation of a welcoming band and old friends
And old friends to greet us
Expectation of friendly greetings
Where all the people always meet
Describing a place where people always gather
Heaven on earth they call it Basin Street
Referring to New Orleans' Basin Street as heavenly
Basin Street is the street
Identifying Basin Street as a significant location
Where the elite always meet
Highlighting it as a meeting place for the elite
In New Orleans the land of dreams
Emphasizing New Orleans as a dreamlike land
You'll never know how nice it seems or just how much it really means
Expressing the difficulty of conveying the niceness and significance
Glad to be oh yessiree
Expressing happiness and agreement
Where welcome's free are dear to me
Emphasizing the value of free and dear welcomes
Where I can lose
Referring to the freedom to lose oneself
My Basin Street blues
Expressing a connection with Basin Street blues
Glad to be oh yessiree
Reiteration of happiness and agreement
Where welcome's free are dear to me
Reiterating the value of free and dear welcomes
Where I can lose
Repeating the idea of losing oneself on Basin Street
My Basin Street blues
Reiterating the connection with Basin Street blues
Ain't you glad you came with me
Confirmation of satisfaction with the journey
Way down to the Mississippi
Reiteration of the Mississippi River destination
We took the boat to the land of dreams
Recap of taking a boat to the dreamland
Steam down the river to New Orleans
Reiteration of steaming down the river to New Orleans
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