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 cemetary 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
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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
When we are dancing and you dangerous lean to me I get ideas I get ideas
I want you to hold me so much closer Than I begged you I want to scold you cause I gamble that I can`t do And when you touch me And there is a fire with every finger I get ideas Yes ~ i get ideas
And after we have kissed good night And you still linger I kinda figure that you get ideas too ~ Your eyes are always saying The things you never say I only hope it's saying That you could love me, too ~ But that's the whole idea to Let me idea that I'm falling in love with you ~
And after we have kissed good night As you still linger Then I kinda think you get ideas ~ too ~
Oh, the shark, has pretty teeth, dear....and he shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has MacHeath, babe.....and he keeps it, out of sight When that shark bites with his teeth, dear....scarlet billows start to spread Just a gloved hand, has MacHeath, babe..and he never shows a single drop of redOn the sidewalk...Sunday morning, commin' down...lies a body oozin' life Someone's sneakin' 'round the corner...could that someone be Mack the Knife? There's a tugboat....down by the river.....with a cement bag, hangin' down Oh, the cement's just for weight, dear...five'll get ya ten old Macky's back in town Ole Louie Miller disappeared, babe...after he withdrew all his cash Now MacHeath spends like a sailor...could it be our boy's...done somethin' rash?There's Jenny Diver, and Sukey Tawdry..Miss Lotte Lenya, and ole Lucy Brown Oh, the line forms on the right, babe.....now that Macky's back in townI said that line forms on the right, babe.....now that Macky's back in
I look at them shuffle and the shuffle come down Ramblin' and scramblin' and a-headin' for town Hoppin' and boppin' and a-buzzin' around Happily awaitin' at the station I look at that train number 709 Hoppin' and boppin' and arrivin' on time Who do you think is about to arrive The band they call the Dixieland Five
They're gonna play that muskrat ramble tune Like the way you never heard it played Get ready for the big parade All together now - one and two Join that happy crowd Tellin' me that ramblin' scramblin' muskrat song Come on, ramble along Yeah