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