Way Down Yonder In New Orleans 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 Apr 2007
2007

Guess!
Where do you think I'm going
when the wind starts blowing strong?
Guess!
Where do you think I'm going
when I'm thinking all night long,
I ain't going East
I ain't going West,
I ain't going over the cuckoo's nest
I'm bound for the town
that I love best
where life is one sweet song.

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
with those beautiful queens
'way down yonder in New Orleans.

The orange blossoms sweet aroma
and the strains of La Paloma
seem to throw me into a coma
when the shadows play

Again I see a peacherino
dance the you know what I meano
she could shake a mean tambourino
so I hear folks say,

But when those
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,
They've got angels right here on earth
wearing little blue jeans
'way down yonder in New Orleans.

Guess! What do you think I'm thinking
when you think I'm thinking wrong?
Guess! What do you think I'm thinking
when I'm thinking all night long,
I ain't thinking this
I ain't thinking that
I cannot be thinking about your hat,
my heart does not start to pitapat
Unless I hear this song.

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
with those beautiful queens
'way down yonderin New Orleans.

The orange blossoms sweet aroma
and the strains of La Paloma
seem to throw me into a coma
when the shadows play

Again I see a peacherino
dance the you know what I meano
she could shake a mean tambourino
so I hear folks say,

But when those
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,
They've got angels right here on earth
wearing little blue jeans
'way down yonder in New Orleans.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Way Down Yonder In New Orleans 1922
Words & Music by Creamer & Layton
© MCMXXII by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.Inc.  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 16 April 2007 at 4.13pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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