Basin Street Blues
Journey to New Orleans: Basin Street's Melodic Dream
Lyrics
Won't you come along with me
Invitation to accompany the speaker
To the Mississippi
Heading to the Mississippi River
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
Planning to travel by boat to a dreamland
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans
Traveling downstream to New Orleans by steamboat
The band's there to meet us
Expecting a welcoming band
Old friends there to greet us
Reunion with old friends
Where all the proud and elite folks meet
Describing a place where affluent people gather
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
Referring to New Orleans as a heavenly place, specifically Basin Street
Basin Street is the street
Introduction of Basin Street as the meeting place
Where the best folks always meet
Highlighting that the best people gather on Basin Street
In New Orleans, land of dreams
New Orleans is portrayed as a dreamland
You'll never know how nice it seems,
Expressing the beauty of the experience
Or just how much it really means
Emphasizing the significance of the experience
Glad to be, oh yes-sirree
Expressing happiness to be on Basin Street
Where welcome's free and dear to me
Highlighting the warmth of the welcome
Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues
Expressing a desire to forget worries through music on Basin Street
Basin Street, oh Basin Street
Reiteration of the significance of Basin Street
Is the street, mama
Describing Basin Street as the street in New Orleans
New Orleans, land of dreams
Reiterating that New Orleans is a dreamland
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