Won't you come and go with me
 Down that Mississippi
 We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
 Come along with me on, down to New Orleans
 
 Now the band's there to greet us
 Old friends will meet us
 Where all them folks goin to the St. Louis Cemetary meet
 Heaven on earth.... they call it Basin Street
 
 I'm tellin' ya, Basin Street...... is the street
 Where all the white and dark folk meet
 New Orleans..... land of dreams
 you'll never miss them rice and beans
 Way down south in New Orleans
 
 They'll be huggin'.... and a kissin'
 That's what I been missin'
 And all that music....lord, if you just listen'
 New Orleans....I got them Basin Street Blues
 
 (instrumental break)
 
 Now ain't you glad you went with me
 On down that Mississippi
 We took a boat to the land of dreams
 Heaven on earth...they call it Basin Street