| I said hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
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| (I said hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah)
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| I said a hey, a hey, hey, yeah
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| (I said a hey, a hey, hey, yeah)
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| A come on everybody take a trip with me, well
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| Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans
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| They got a honeysuckle growing on a honeysuckle vine
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| And love is a blooming there all the time
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| Well every southern belle is a Mississippi queen
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| Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans
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| I said hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
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| (I said hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah)
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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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| A come on take a stroll down to Basin street
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| Listen to the music with that Dixieland beat
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| Well the magnolia blossoms fill the air
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| Whoa, whoa, and you ain’t been to heaven till you been down there
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| They got French moss hangin from a big oak tree
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| Get outta here Jimmy Vaughan take it!
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| I said hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
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| (I said hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah)
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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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| Come on everybody take a trip with me
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| (whoo!)
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| Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans, yeah, yeah
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| With a honeysuckle hanging on a honeysuckle vine
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| Well love is blooming there all the time
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| Every southern belle is a Mississippi queen
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| Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans
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| Yeah, yeah, yeah
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| (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
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| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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| (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
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| Come on take a stroll down to Basin street
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| Listen to the music with the dixieland beat, yeah
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| I say, the magnolia blossoms fill the air
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| And you ain’t been to heaven if you ain’t been there
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| Honeysuckle hanging from a hollow tree
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| Down in Mississippi down in New Orleans
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| Well, I said Hey, hey, hey, yeah
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| (Hey, hey, hey, yeah)
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| I said a look out John, hey, yeah, yeah
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| (I said a look out John hey, yeah, yeah) |