Basin Street Blues
Journey to the Soulful South: Basin Street Blues Revelry
Lyrics
Won't you come along with me
Expressing an invitation or desire for someone to join the speaker.
To the Mississippi
Suggesting a journey to the Mississippi River.
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
Describing the plan to take a boat to a place associated with dreams.
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans
Proposing to steam down the river to the city of New Orleans.
The band's there to meet us
Anticipating the reception by a band and old friends upon arrival.
Old friends there to greet us
Expecting a warm welcome from familiar faces.
Where all the proud and elite folks meet
Referring to a place where affluent and distinguished people gather.
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
Describing New Orleans as a heavenly place, specifically referring to Basin Street.
Basin Street is the street
Identifying Basin Street as a significant location.
Where the best folks always meet
Emphasizing that Basin Street is where the best people always meet.
In New Orleans, land of dreams
Highlighting New Orleans as a dreamlike place.
You'll never know how nice it seems,
Expressing the speaker's inability to fully convey the pleasantness of Basin Street.
Or just how much it really means
Stressing the depth of the speaker's positive feelings about Basin Street.
Glad to be, oh yes-sirree
Conveying the speaker's happiness to be in a place where welcome is freely given.
Where welcome's free and dear to me
Expressing the value and dearness of the welcoming atmosphere.
Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues
Indicating the ability to forget or escape the troubles associated with Basin Street.
Basin Street, oh Basin Street
Reiterating the significance of Basin Street in New Orleans.
Is the street, mama
Affirming Basin Street as the street in New Orleans, the dreamland.
New Orleans, land of dreams
Repeating the idea that New Orleans is a land of dreams.
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