Circle left Won't you come along with me Way down the Mississippi Left allemande and dosado your own Allemande left the corner and weave that ring, you roam Weave it in and weave it out until you meet your maid Swing your girl and all promenade Promenade this lady, to the land of dreams *Down the Mississippi, they call it New Orleans
ALTERNATE LYRICS
*Floatin' down the river, down to New Orleans
FIGURE Mainstream, corner progression
Head (side) two couplespromenade, go halfway Down the middle and do the right & left thru Flutter wheel and then sweep 1/4 more Pass thru and touch 1/4, that's for sure Scoot back and then, scoot back again Swing your girl and promenade her Promenade this lady, to the land of dreams Down the Mississippi, they call it New Orleans
FIGURE (ALTERNATE) Basic, corner progression
Head (side) two couplespromenade, go halfway Down the middle and do the right & left thru Flutter wheel and then sweep 1/4 more Pass thru and do the right & left thru, turn her Touch 1/4 and split circulatetwo times Swing your girl and promenade her Promenade this lady, to the land of dreams Down the Mississippi, they call it New Orleans
MIDDLE BREAK Mainstream
Sides face, grand square Now won't you come along with me Down the Mississippi We'll take a trip to the land of dreams Floatin' down the river, down to New Orleans Four ladies promenade, once around you go Get back home and swing, swing and promenade Promenade this lady to the land of dreams Down the Mississippi, they call it New Orleans
TAG
Hey, walk around your corner, swing your partner (Talk fast) I got them Basin Street Blues
Lyrics
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Won't you come and go with me
Down that Mississippi
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
Come along with me on, down to New Orleans
Now the band's there to greet us
Old friends will meet us
Where all them folks goin' to the St. Louis Cemetery meet
Heaven on earth... they call it Basin Street
I'm tellin' ya, Basin Street... is the street
Where all them characters from the First street they meet
New Orleans... land of dreams
You'll never miss them rice and beans
Way down south in New Orleans
They'll be huggin'... and a kissin'
That's what I been missin'
And all that music...lord, if you just listen'
New Orleans...I got them Basin Street Blues
Now ain't you glad you went with me
On down that Mississippi
We took a boat to the land of dreams
Heaven on earth...they call it Basin Street
Lyrics by Spencer Williams. Recorded by Louis Armstrong (1928).
