new orleans

i said

a-hey-hey-hey-yeah

i 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

a-hey-a-hey-a-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

i said a-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

i said

a-look out child!

yeah

yeah

yeah