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Thread #153628   Message #3601207
Posted By: Jim Dixon
13-Feb-14 - 03:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Songs about New Orleans
Subject: Lyr Add: GOING DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS (Bobby Taylor)
Spotify has this. You can also hear a sample on CDBaby.


GOING DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS
As sung by Bobby Taylor on "Route 66 Revisited" (2008)

When the world's got you down,
Or you're wearin' a frown,
You need a change of scene.
There's a place we all know.
It's where ev'rybody goes.
They come down to New Orleans.

Hey, hey, hey, yah, yah, yah,
My, oh, my, ooh-la-la,
Run down to New Orleans.
Café du Monde, Jackson Square,
Sweet, sweet music fills the air
Down in New Orleans.

Yeah, they got crawfish pie,
Rice and beans,
Jambalaya,
Sweet baked(?) beans.

When you walk down the street,
Ev'rybody you greet
Is singin' in New Orleans.
Mardi Gras, fais do-do,
Come on people; here we go.
We're goin' down to New Orleans.

Hey, hey, hey, yah, yah, yah,
My, oh, my, ooh-la-la,
Goin' down to New Orleans.
Café du Monde, Jackson Square,
Sweet, sweet music fills the air
Down in New Orleans.

Well, they got crawfish pie,
A little rice and beans,
Jambalaya,
Sweet baked(?) beans.

Little boys on the street
Dancin' to the happy beat,
You can party just as you please.
Yeah, summer breeze, big oak trees,
...(?) memories,
On down in New Orleans.

Hey, hey, hey, yah, yah, yah,
My, oh, my, ooh-la-la,
Yeah, we're goin' down to New Orleans.
Hermann(?) Street, Royale(?), Dumaine(?),
Stolen kisses in the rain,
Oh, down to New Orleans.
Yeah, way down in New Orleans.
Come on, we're goin' down in New Orleans.
Yeah, down in New Orleans.
Down, down, down, New Orleans.