New Orleans:Gary (U.S.) Bonds.
#6 in 1960.
INTRO:([D] is the orig. key. Check out on YouTube.)
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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.
#1.
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Well, come on everybody take a trip with me.
Well, down the Mississippi, down to New Orleans.
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They got the Honeysuckle bloomin on the Honeysuckle vine.
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And love is bloomin there, all a the time.
CHORUS:
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You know every Southern Belle is a Mississippi Queen,
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Down the Mississippi, down in New Orleans.
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I said, a-hey-hey-hey-yeah.
I said, hey-hey-hey-yeah.
I said, a-hey-a-hey-a-hey-yeah.
Said, look out now, hey-hey-yeah.
#2.
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Well, come on take a stroll down to Basin Street.
Yeah, listen to the music with the dixieland beat.
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Where the Magnolia blossoms fill the air.
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Yeah, and if you ain t been to Heaven
then you ain t been there.
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They got the French Moss hangin from a big Oak tree,
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Down the Mississippi, down in New Orleans.
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I said, a-hey-hey-hey-yeah. Said, hey-hey-hey-yeah.(x2)
REPEAT#1.
CHORUS:
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.