Way Down Yonder In New Orleans chords by Bing Crosby, Various
Verse 1
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Way down
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yonder in New Orleans,
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In the land of dreamy scenes,
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There's the Garden of Eden,
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oh, that's what I mean.
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Creole babies with flashing eyes,
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Softly whisper with tender sighs,
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Hey, stop, won't you give your
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lady fair a little smile
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Hey, stop, bet your life
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you'll linger there a
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little while
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There's heaven right here on earth
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with those beautiful queens
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Down yonder in New Orleans
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Way down yonder in New Orleans,
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man, you should have made
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all those scenes.
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Down on Boydburn and Rampart,
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a bank there in
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the teens.
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Way back yonder,
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these poor old chaps
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had an embouchure that was tops.
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You should have heard old Satchmo play,
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his chicks would leave their bones
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to come an d stand around the band.
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It was heaven right here on earth
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with those beautiful queens.
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I went down, down to the end of the road
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Orange blossoms, sweet aroma
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And the strains of La Paloma
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Seemed to put you into a coma
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When those sad men would play
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We would dig the cot ton
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that's empty King Oliver
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And we're empty,
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swinging the tiger,
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that's a plenty, until the break of day
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Jambalaya, black -eyed peas
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Wafting out on the evening breeze
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Let's not waste any of this.
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You should have seen
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these minstrel men
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through their parade.
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Man, you talk about your lemonade,
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it made the shade.
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It was heaven right here on earth
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before rocket ma chines.
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Way down yonder in New Orleans.
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