Down the Mississippi
 We'll take trip to the land of dreams
 Floatin' down the river down to New Orleans

 And the band'll be there to meet us
 Oh, friends to greet us
 That's where the light and the dark folks meet
 A heaven on earth - they call it Basin Street

 Basin street is the street
 Where the elite always meet
 Out in New Orleans, the land of dreams
 You'll never know how nice it seems
 Or just how much it really means
 And I'd rather be, yes-sir-ee
 New Orleans the land of dreams
 Where I can lose my Basin Street blues

 Now ain't you glad you came with me
 We went down the Mississippi
 We took a trip
 To the land of dreams
 We floated down the river
 Down to New Orleans

 Basin street - that's the street
 Where the elite always meet
 Down in New Orleans, the land of dreams
 And you'll never know how nice it seems
 Or just how much it really means
 I'd rather be, yes-sir-ee
 New Orleans the land of dreams
 Where I can lose my Basin Street blues