Basin Street Blues 
  
  
Won't you come along with me 
To the Mississippi 
We'll take the boat to the land of dreams 
Steam down the river down to New Orleans 
  
The band's there to meet us 
And old friends to greet us 
Where all the people always meet 
Heaven on earth they call it Basin Street 
  
Basin Street is the street 
Where the elite always meet 
In New Orleans the land of dreams 
You'll never know how nice it seems or just how much it really means 
  
Glad to be oh yessiree 
Where welcome's free are dear to me 
Where I can lose 
My Basin Street blues 
  
Glad to be oh yessiree 
Where welcome's free are dear to me 
Where I can lose 
My Basin Street blues 
  
Ain't you glad you came with me 
Way down to the Mississippi 
We took the boat to the land of dreams 
Steam down the river to New Orleans