Won't you come along with me
  To the Mississippi
  We'll take the boat to the land of dreams
  Steam down the river down to New Orleans
  
  The band's there to meet us
  And old friends to greet us
  Where all the people always meet
  Heaven on earth they call it Basin Street
  
  Basin Street is the street
  Where the elite always meet
  In New Orleans the land of dreams
  You'll never know how nice it seems or just how much it really means
  
  Glad to be oh yessiree
  Where welcome's free are dear to me
  Where I can lose
  My Basin Street blues
  
  Glad to be oh yessiree
  Where welcome's free are dear to me
  Where I can lose
  My Basin Street blues
  
  Ain't you glad you came with me
  Way down to the Mississippi
  We took the boat to the land of dreams
  Steam down the river to New Orleans