i said hey hey hey hey yeah i said a hey a hey hey yeah a come on everybody take a trip with me well down the mississippi down to new orleans they got a honeysuckle growing on a honeysuckle vine and love is a blooming there all the time well every southern belle is a mississippi queen down the mississippi down to new orleans i said hey hey hey hey yeah i said a hey hey hey yeah a come on take a stroll down to basin street listen to the music with that dixieland beat well the magnolia blossoms fill the air whoa whoa and you ain t been to heaven till you been down there they got french moss hangin from a big oak tree get outta here jimmy vaughan take it i said hey hey hey hey yeah i said a hey hey hey yeah come on everybody take a trip with me down the mississippi down to new orleans yeah yeah with a honeysuckle hanging on a honeysuckle vine well love is blooming there all the time every southern belle is a mississippi queen down the mississippi down to new orleans yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah come on take a stroll down to basin street listen to the music with the dixieland beat yeah i say the magnolia blossoms fill the air and you ain t been to heaven if you ain t been there honeysuckle hanging from a hollow tree down in mississippi down in new orleans well i said hey hey hey yeah i said a look out john hey yeah yeah 