Pop Chart # 6 Oct. 17, 1960
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Recorded: Norfolk, VA.
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Legrand Records single # 1003
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I said, a-hey-hey-hey-yeah
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(I said a-hey-hey-hey-yeah)
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I said, a-hey, a-hey-hey-yeah
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(Said, a-hey, a-hey-hey-yeah)
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Well, come on ev’rybody
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Take a trip with me
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Well, down the Mississippi
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Down to New Orleans
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They got the honeysuckle bloomin'
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On the honeysuckle vine
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And a-love is a-bloomin' there
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All-a the time
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You know ev’ry Southern Belle
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Is a Mississippi Queen
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Down the Mississippi
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Down in New Orleans
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I said, a-hey-hey-hey-yeah
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(I said, hey-hey-hey-yeah)
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I said, a-hey-a-hey-a-hey-yeah
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(Said, a-hey-hey-hey-yeah)
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Well, come on take a stroll
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Down to Basin Street
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Yeah, listen to the music
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With the dixieland beat
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A-where the magnolia blossoms
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Fill the air
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Yeah, an if you ain’t been to heaven
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Then you ain’t been there
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They got the French moss
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Hangin' from a big oak tree
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Down the Mississippi
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Down in New Orleans
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I said, a-hey-hey-hey-yeah
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(Said, hey-hey-hey-yeah)
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I said a-look out, child!
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Yeah, yeah, yeah
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(Said, look out child, yeah, yeah, yeah) |
Well, come on ev’rybody
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Take a trip with me
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Well, down the Mississippi
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Down to New Orleans
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Well, the honeysuckle’s bloomin'
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On the honeysuckle vine
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Yeah, and the love is a-bloomin' there
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All the time
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You know that ev’ry Southern Belle
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Is a Mississippi Queen
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Down the Mississippi
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Down in New Orleans
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Hey, hey!
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Well, I says, a-hey-hey-a-hey-yeah
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(Said, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
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FADES-
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I said, a-look out child!
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Yeah, yeah, yeah |