I said a hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah 
(I said a hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah) 
I said a hey, a hey, hey, yeah 
(I said a hey, a hey, hey, yeah) 
A come on everybody take a trip with me 
Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans 

They got a honeysuckel growing on a honeysuckel vine 
And a love is a blooming there all the time 
Well every southern bell is a Mississippi queen 
Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans 


I said a hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah 
(I said a hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah) 
I said a hey, hey, hey, yeah 
(I said a hey, hey, hey, yeah) 


A come on take a stroll down to Basin street 
Listin to the music with that dixieland beat 
Well the magnolia blossems fill the air 
You ain`t been to heaven till you been down there 
They got ten vines hanging from a peacock tree 
Get outta here Jimmy Vaughan take it 


I said a hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah 
(I said a hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah) 
I said a hey, hey, hey, yeah 
(I said a hey, hey, hey, yeah) 


Come on everybody take a trip with me 
Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans 
Well a honeysuckel hanging on a honeysuckel vine 
Well love is a blooming there all the time 
Every southern bell is a Mississippi queen 
Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans 


Yeah, yeah, yeah 
(Yeah, yeah, yeah) 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) 


Come on take a stroll down to Basin street 
Listen to the music with the dixieland beat 
The magnolia blossems fill the air 
Ya ain`t been to heaven till ya been down there 
Honeysuckel hanging from a hollow tree 
Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans 


Hey, hey, hey, yeah 
(Hey, hey, hey, yeah) 
I said a look out John hey, yeah, yeah 
( I said a look out John hey, yeah, yeah)