Basin Street Blues

<br>Wont you come and go with me<br><br>Down that mississippi<br><br>Well take a boat to the land of dreams<br><br>Come along with me on, down to new orleans<br><br><br><br>Now the bands there to greet us<br><br>Old friends will meet us<br><br>Where all them folks goin to the st. louis cemetary meet<br><br>Heaven on earth.... they call it basin street<br><br><br><br>Im tellin ya, basin street...... is the street<br><br>Where all them characters from the first street they meet<br><br>New orleans..... land of dreams<br><br>Youll never miss them rice and beans<br><br>Way down south in new orleans<br><br><br><br>Theyll be huggin.... and a kissin<br><br>Thats what I been missin<br><br>And all that music....lord, if you just listen<br><br>New orleans....i got them basin street blues<br><br><br><br>(instrumental break)<br><br><br><br>Now aint you glad you went with me<br><br>On down that mississippi<br><br>We took a boat to the land of dreams<br><br>Heaven on earth...they call it basin street