Basin Street Blues
Discover the Soulful Journey to Basin Street
Lyrics
Won't you come along with me
Invitation to accompany the speaker
To the Mississippi
Reference to the Mississippi River
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
Expressing a journey to a dreamlike destination
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans
Traveling by steamboat to New Orleans
The band's there to meet us
Anticipation of a welcoming reception
Old friends there to greet us
Meeting old friends in New Orleans
Where all the proud and elite folks meet
Describing a place where distinguished individuals gather
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
Referring to New Orleans as a heavenly place
Basin Street is the street
Identification of Basin Street
Where the best folks always meet
Noting it as a meeting place for the best people
In New Orleans, land of dreams
Highlighting New Orleans as a dreamland
You'll never know how nice it seems,
Expressing the pleasantness of the experience
Or just how much it really means
Emphasizing the significance of the experience
Glad to be, oh yes-sirree
Expressing happiness and contentment
Where welcome's free and dear to me
Describing the warmth of the welcome
Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues
Referring to the possibility of forgetting blues on Basin Street
Basin Street, oh Basin Street
Reiteration of the significance of Basin Street
Is the street, mama
Specifying Basin Street as a location in New Orleans
New Orleans, land of dreams
Reaffirmation of New Orleans as a dreamland
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