Basin Street Blues
Journey to New Orleans: Basin Street Dreams Unveiled
Lyrics
Won't you come along with me
Invitation to join the speaker on a journey
To the Mississippi
Destination mentioned: Mississippi River
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
Plan to travel by boat to the land of dreams
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans
Describing the journey, steam down the river to New Orleans
The band's there to meet us
Expectation of a welcome by a band and old friends
Old friends there to greet us
Anticipation of meeting old acquaintances
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
Referring to New Orleans as heaven on earth, specifically Basin Street
Basin Street is the street
Identifying Basin Street as the location
Where the best folks always meet
Highlighting Basin Street as a meeting place for the best people
In New Orleans, land of dreams
Reiterating New Orleans as a dreamland
You'll never know how nice it seems,
Expressing the difficulty of understanding the niceness of the place
Or just how much it really means
Emphasizing the profound meaning of Basin Street
Glad to be, oh yes-sirree
Expressing joy and contentment at being there
Where welcome's free and dear to me
Highlighting the warmth and value of the welcome
Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues
Expressing the ability to forget troubles and blues on Basin Street
Basin Street, oh Basin Street
Repetition of the significance of Basin Street
Is the street, mama
Emphasizing that Basin Street is in New Orleans
New Orleans, land of dreams
Reiterating New Orleans as a dreamland
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