From the sheet music at The Maine Music Box:
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS
Words by Eddie de Lange, music by Louis Alter
"From the United Artists picture 'New Orleans' "
New York: Edwin H. Morris & Co., ©1946.C7
I never had this kind o' feelin'.
F7 G7 G+ G7
With draggin' heart and brain a-reelin'.
Cm Fm Cm Db9
What's the matter? Here's the matter;
Cm Ab9 Fm6 G7
Here's the thing that's really wrong with me:
C G+ C Am
Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans
Em Am D9
And miss it each night and day?
F F#dim C A+
I know I'm not wrong; the feelin's gettin' stronger
Ab7 G7
The longer I stay away.
C G+ C Am
Miss the moss-covered vines, the tall sugar pines
Em Am D9
Where mockin'birds used to sing,
F F#dim C A+ A7
And I'd like to see the lazy Mississippi
Dm G7 G+ C Dm Cdim
A-hurryin' into spring.
C Bbm7 Eb7 Ab
The moonlight on the bayou,
Adim Bbm7 Eb9 Eb7 Ab
A Creole tune that fills the air.
Am7 D9 D7 G F#7
I dream about magnolias in June
Am7 D9 G9 Fm6 G7
And soon I'm wishin' that I was there.
C G+ C Am
Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans,
Em Am D9
When that's where you left your heart?
F F#dim C A+ A7
And there's something more: I miss the one I care for
D9 G7-9 C
More than I miss New Orleans.Recordings on 78-rpm records were made by Louis Armstrong and His Dixieland Seven; Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra with vocals by Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday; Bob Scobey's Frisco Band; Preacher Rollo and the Five Saints;