Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song New Orleans, artist - Gary U.S. Bonds. Album song Anthology: His Early Years, in the genre R&BDate of issue: 16.07.2020
Record label: Master Tape
Song language: English
New Orleans |
| I said, a-hey-hey-hey-yeah |
| (I said a-hey-hey-hey-yeah) |
| I said, a-hey, a-hey-hey-yeah |
| (Said, a-hey, a-hey-hey-yeah) |
| Well, come on ev’rybody |
| Take a trip with me |
| Well, down the Mississippi |
| Down to New Orleans |
| They got the honeysuckle bloomin' |
| On the honeysuckle vine |
| And a-love is a-bloomin' there |
| All-a the time |
| You know ev’ry Southern Belle |
| Is a Mississippi Queen |
| Down the Mississippi |
| Down in New Orleans |
| I said, a-hey-hey-hey-yeah |
| (I said, hey-hey-hey-yeah) |
| I said, a-hey-a-hey-a-hey-yeah |
| (Said, a-hey-hey-hey-yeah) |
| Well, come on take a stroll |
| Down to Basin Street |
| Yeah, listen to the music |
| With the dixieland beat |
| A-where the magnolia blossoms |
| Fill the air |
| Yeah, an if you ain’t been to heaven |
| Then you ain’t been there |
| They got the French moss |
| Hangin' from a big oak tree |
| Down the Mississippi |
| Down in New Orleans |
| I said, a-hey-hey-hey-yeah |
| (Said, hey-hey-hey-yeah) |
| I said a-look out, child! |
| Yeah, yeah, yeah |
| (Said, look out child, yeah, yeah, yeah) |
| Well, come on ev’rybody |
| Take a trip with me |
| Well, down the Mississippi |
| Down to New Orleans |
| Well, the honeysuckle’s bloomin' |
| On the honeysuckle vine |
| Yeah, and the love is a-bloomin' there |
| All the time |
| You know that ev’ry Southern Belle |
| Is a Mississippi Queen |
| Down the Mississippi |
| Down in New Orleans |
| Hey, hey! |
| (sax & instrumental) |
| Well, I says, a-hey-hey-a-hey-yeah |
| (Said, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah) |
| FADES- |
| I said, a-look out child! |
| Yeah, yeah, yeah |