Basin Street Blues
Journey to New Orleans: Unveiling the Soulful Tale Along Basin Street
Lyrics
Won't you come along with me
Invitation to join the speaker on a journey
To the Mississippi
Reference to the Mississippi River as the destination
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
Plan to travel by boat to a dreamlike place
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans
Desire to steam down the river to New Orleans
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 a place where proud and elite people gather
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
Expression of New Orleans, particularly Basin Street, as heavenly
Basin Street is the street
Identification of Basin Street as the location
Where the best folks always meet
Recognition of Basin Street as a meeting place for the best people
In New Orleans, land of dreams
Association of New Orleans with a dreamlike state
You'll never know how nice it seems,
Highlighting the pleasantness of the experience
Or just how much it really means
Emphasis on the significant meaning of the experience
Glad to be, oh yes-sirree
Expressing happiness to be in a welcoming place
Where welcome's free and dear to me
Appreciation for the warmth of the welcome
Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues
Desire to overcome sadness or troubles, possibly through music
Basin Street, oh Basin Street
Reiteration of the significance of Basin Street
Is the street, mama
Confirmation of Basin Street's location in New Orleans
New Orleans, land of dreams
Reaffirmation of New Orleans as a dreamlike land
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