New Orleans 2:48 Trk 5
(F. Guida, J. Royster)
Gary US Bonds (Gary Anderson)
Pop Chart # 6 Oct. 17, 1960
Produced by Frank Guida
Recorded: Norfolk, VA.
Legrand Records single # 1003
Album: Vol 4 The Golden Age of American Rock n' Roll
Transcriber: [email protected] com.
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.
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