Basin Street Blues

Journey to New Orleans: Unveiling Dreams Along Basin Street
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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 place

Steam down the river, down to New Orleans

Traveling by steamboat to New Orleans


The band's there to meet us

Arrival at the destination with a welcoming band

Old friends there to greet us

Reunion with old friends

Where all the proud and elite folks meet

Description of a place where prestigious individuals gather

Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street

Referring to New Orleans as a heavenly place, specifically Basin Street


Basin Street is the street

Introduction of Basin Street as a significant location

Where the best folks always meet

Highlighting it as a meeting place for the best people

In New Orleans, land of dreams

Emphasizing the dreamlike quality of New Orleans

You'll never know how nice it seems,

Expressing the ineffable beauty of the experience

Or just how much it really means

Underlining the profound significance of the place


Glad to be, oh yes-sirree

Expressing joy and contentment to be there

Where welcome's free and dear to me

Describing the warm and cherished reception

Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues

Desire to escape or forget the sadness represented by the Basin Street Blues


Basin Street, oh Basin Street

Reiteration of the importance of Basin Street

Is the street, mama

Confirmation that Basin Street is in New Orleans

New Orleans, land of dreams

Reaffirmation of New Orleans as a dreamlike place

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