Basin Street Blues From the album Betty Hutton at the Saints & Sinners Ball Written by Spencer Williams © 1933 Mayfair Music Corp. Released on Warner Bros WS-1267 Recorded 1959 Music Arranged and Conducted by Jerry Fielding Trombone Solo by Murray MacEachern Running Time: 3 mins 10 secs Lyrics: Won't you come along with me To the Mississippi We'll take a boat to the land of dreams Steam down the river to New Orleans The band is there there to greet us Old friends to meet us Where all the light and the dark folks meet Heaven on Earth They call it Basin Street Ooh, Basin Street Honey, that's the street where the elite always meet In New Orleans, the land of dreams You never know how nice it seems Just how much it really means Ooh, I'm glad to be, Yes, siree Where welcome's free and it's dear to me Where I can lose my Basin Street Blues You'll be glad you came with me Down the Mississippi I'm gonna show you what the good life means No place can singe you like New Orleans And we'll be glad to be, Yes, siree Where welcome's free and it's dear to me Where I can lose Take me back to Basin Street Blues Talkin' 'bout the Basin Street Blues