Basin Street Blues
Journey to the Heart of New Orleans: Basin Street Bliss
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 a boat to the land of dreams
Plan to take a boat to the dreamlike destination
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans
Travel down the river to New Orleans
The band's there to meet us
Anticipation of the band and old friends 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 place where proud and elite people gather
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
Referring to Basin Street as a heavenly place on earth
Basin Street is the street
Identification of Basin Street as the meeting place
Where the best folks always meet
Emphasis on it being where the best people gather
In New Orleans, land of dreams
Recognition of New Orleans as a dreamland
You'll never know how nice it seems,
Expressing the speaker's inability to fully convey the beauty
Or just how much it really means
Highlighting the significance and joy of the experience
Glad to be, oh yes-sirree
Expressing happiness and contentment
Where welcome's free and dear to me
Emphasizing the warmth of the welcome
Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues
Desire to let go of troubles, specifically the Basin Street Blues
Basin Street, oh Basin Street
Reiteration and emphasis on Basin Street
Is the street, mama
Further identification of Basin Street in relation to New Orleans
New Orleans, land of dreams
Reaffirmation of New Orleans as a dreamland
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