This was requested in another thread.
-Joe Offer-

WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS
(Henry Creamer and J. Turner Layton, 1922)

Guess! Where do you think I'm goin'
when the winds start blowin' strong?
Guess! Where do you think I'm goin'
when the nights start growin' long?

I ain't goin' East, I ain't goin' West,
I ain't goin' over the cuckoo's nest;
I'm bound for the town that I love best,
Where life is one sweet song:

CHORUS:
Way down yonder in New Orleans
In the land of dreamy scenes
There's a garden of Eden,
That's what I mean

Creole babies with flashing eyes
Softly whisper with tender sighs,
"Stop! Oh! won't you give your lady fair
A little smile?"

Stop! You bet your life you'll linger there
A little while,
There is heaven right here on earth
(2nd time: they've got angels right here on earth,)
With those beautiful queens
(2nd time: with those little blue jeans,)
Way down yonder in New Orleans

Guess! What do you think I'm thinkin'
when you think I'm thinkin' wrong?
Guess! What do you think I'm thinkin'
when I'm thinkin' all night long?

I ain't thinkin' this, I ain't thinkin' that,
I cannot be thinkin' about your hat;
My heart does not start to pit-a-pat
Unless I hear this song:

(Chorus)

…..I cannot be thinkin' about your hat??? Maybe that's why this verse is forgotten….