New Orleans:Eddie Hodges.
#44 on BB Hot 100 on AURORA Records in 1965.
INTRO:
D
I said, a-hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah.
(I said, a-hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah.)
D
I said, a-hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah.
(I said, a-hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah.)
#1.
D
Come on everybody take a trip with me..
way down the Mississippi down to New Orleans.
G
They got the Honeysuckle's bloomin' on the
honeysuckle vine..
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and love is bloomin' there all the time.
A G
You know every southern belle is a Mississippi Queen..
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down the Mississippi down in New Orleans.
CHORUS:
D
I said, a-hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah.
(I said, a-hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah.)
I said, a-hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah.
(I said, a-hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah.)
#2.
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Come on take a stroll down on Basin street..
(Oooooo..New Orleans..)
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and listen to the music with the Dixieland beat.
(Oooooo..New Orleans..)
G
Where the Magnolia blossoms they fill the air..
(Oooooo..New Orleans..)
D
and if you ain't been to heaven then you ain't
been there.
(Oooooo..New Orleans..)
A G
You got French Moss hanging from a big Oak tree..
D
down the Mississippi down to New Orleans.
CHORUS:
D
I said, a-hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah.
(I said, a-hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah.)
I said, a-look out child..yeah, yeah, yeah.
(I said, a-look out child..yeah, yeah, yeah.)
#3.
D
Come on everybody take a trip with me..
(Oooooo..New Orleans..)
way down the Mississippi down to New Orleans.
G
They got the Honeysuckle's bloomin' on the
honeysuckle vine..
(Oooooo..New Orleans..)
D
and love is bloomin' there all the time.
A G
You know every southern belle is a Mississippi Queen..
D
down the Mississippi down in New Orleans.
(INTERLUDE:SAX:) D G D..A G D
OUTRO:
D
I said, a-hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah.
(I said, a-hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah.)
I said, a-look out child..yeah, yeah, yeah.
(I said, a-look out child..yeah, yeah, yeah.)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
