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