New Orleans - Gary U.S. Bonds, BONDS, GARY U.S.

Pop Chart # 6 Oct. 17, 1960

Recorded: Norfolk, VA.

Legrand Records single # 1003

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!

Well, I says, a-hey-hey-a-hey-yeah

(Said, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)

FADES-

I said, a-look out child!

Yeah, yeah, yeah