Basin Street Blues
Journey to New Orleans Dreams: Basin Street Blues Unveiled
Lyrics
Won't you come along with me
Invitation to join the speaker on a journey
To the Mississippi
Destination specified as the Mississippi River
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
Plan to take a boat to reach the dreamland
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans
Travel downstream to New Orleans by steamboat
The band's there to meet us
Anticipation of a welcoming band at the destination
Old friends there to greet us
Expectation of meeting old friends
Where all the proud and elite folks meet
Description of the meeting place for the elite
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
New Orleans is metaphorically referred to as heaven on earth, specifically mentioning Basin Street
Basin Street is the street
Basin Street is highlighted as the key location
Where the best folks always meet
Emphasis on the street where the best people gather
In New Orleans, land of dreams
New Orleans is reiterated as the land of dreams
You'll never know how nice it seems,
Expressing the impossibility of fully understanding the beauty of Basin Street
Or just how much it really means
Highlighting the significance of Basin Street
Glad to be, oh yes-sirree
Expressing happiness and contentment to be in Basin Street
Where welcome's free and dear to me
Emphasizing the warmth of the welcome in Basin Street
Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues
Desire to forget the blues in Basin Street
Basin Street, oh Basin Street
Reiteration and emphasis on Basin Street
Is the street, mama
Basin Street described as the street in New Orleans
New Orleans, land of dreams
Reiteration of New Orleans as a land of dreams
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