Newman, Randy - Basin Street Blues (Demo) Lyrics






[Devil:] Won't you come along with me,
To the Mississippi,
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams,
Steam down the river to New Orleans.
The band's there to greet us,
Old friends there to meet us.
Where the rich and the poor folks meet,
Let me take you down to Basin Street.

Basin Street,
That's the street,
Where the elite
Always meet,
In New Orleans,
The Land of Dreams,
You'll never know how nice it seems or
Just how much it really means,
I'm glad to be,
Yes siree,
Where the welcome's free.
They're so good to me,
That's where I can lose,
My Basin Street Blues.





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  1. y.... y....

    Thank you. It's really pretty

  2. s.... ....

    The ragtime craze back then started with Joshua Rifkin's recordings of rags. That came out in 1970. He wrote Vine St. 2-3 years before that. I think TheBlewis is right, it's a ragtime riff, not a direct quote.

    s.... ....

    It was really The Sting in '73, wasn't it? Guitar players on the Kicking Mule label really drove that little renaissance. Love ragtime!

  3. t.... ....

    It was released on the Randy Newman box set, "Guilty".

  4. D.... R....

    He's certainly quoting The Entertainer. He does it in the middle, then he uses it again at the end, turning the rhythm around a little.

  5. T.... ....

    Well yeah, definitely Ode to Joy. I don't think it's directly quoting the Entertainer, but definitely has some stock ragtime/tin pan alley changes in there.

  6. J.... ....

    Anyone hear "The Entertainer" and "Ode to Joy" in the middle?

  7. Z.... H....

    jesus, its unreal to hear newman sing this. how did you get this?

  8. a.... ....

    Thanks for putting this on! I've loved this song for ages from Nilsson and Van Dyke Parks, but always wanted to hear this version! You made my day

  9. W.... ....

    @Hoboscouts Absolutely

  10. W.... ....

    Harry had skills