[Lyric] Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (Layton & Johnstone)

(Chorus)
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! 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!

Yes, where do you think I'm goin'
When the wind starts blowing strong?
Yes, where do you think I'm goin'
When the night starts growing long?

Well, I ain't going east, I ain't going west
And I ain't goin' over the Cuckoo's Nest
I'm bound for the town I love the best
Where life is one sweet song! And that's-
(Chorus)
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! 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!

Again I get that sweet aroma
And strains of lomba loma, [?]
They throw me into a coma
When the shadows lay

Again I see a picture-ino
If you know what I mean-o!
She can shake a mean tamborine-o
So I hear them say!

(Chorus)
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! 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-
Way down yonder in New Orleans!