So Long New Orleans

New Orleans is crazy

There’s nothing she won’t do

And if you hang around with her

She’ll make you do it too

From the mouth of the Mississippi

To the banks of Pontchartrain

Black and greazy be thy heart

Hallowed be thy name

Hallowed be thy name

Ain’t she just 

the sweetest thing you’ve seen?

So long New Orleans

So long New Orleans

There ain’t nowhere better

There ain’t nowhere worse

Just when you think she’s blessing you

You’re bound to get her curse

She’ll feed you at her table

She’ll show you to her room

But are you rockin in her cradle

Or rottin in her tomb? 

Rottin in her tomb

But ain’t she just 

the sweetest thing you’ve seen?

So long New Orleans

So long New Orleans

New Orleans is tragic

There’s nothing she won’t lose

if she ain’t taking water

She’s giving us the blues

From the mouth of the Mississippi

To the banks of pontchatrain

Black & greazy be thy heart

Hallowed be thy name

Hallowed be thy name