Down In New Orleans Lyrics

Down In New Orleans lyrics

Words and music by John Kay







Down in New Orleans



The nights are hot and long



Ev'ry day's Saturday night



Down in the quarter



The music's loud and strong



Wish I'd be there tonight







Down in New Orleans



The nights are free and wild



Women will treat you all right



Down from the quarter they're calling me



And I wish I could go tonight







Every time I walk on by



The joints on Bourbon Street



I feel a glow from my head 



Right down to my feet



They're places of ev'ry description



Where no one cares who you are



There are people of all persuasions



Carousing in the crowded bars







Down in New Orleans



The nights are free and wild



Women will treat you all right



Down from the quarter they're calling me



And I wish I could go tonight 







Walk right on in, sit right down



Drink a hurricane



While everybody gathers 'round



To watch the dancers undulate



The workin' girl in the corner



Is hitting the local bar



And everyone in the quarter



Brace themselves for Mardi Gras







Down in New Orleans?br> 



 1976 Rambunctious Music (ASCAP)