A popular song from 1916. Words by Howard Johnson. Music by Harry De Costa.
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Lyrics
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“I’m saving up the means, to get to New Orleans
I’ll buy a trunk and pack it, leave this racket
I’ll be happy when I’m bound
Back to those childhood scenes
And mother’s home-made beans, I’m thirsty
Gee whiz! I want a silver fizz
Like they make in my home town
Down there in New Orleans
I’ll wear my old blue jeans
I’ll find the girl I left behind me in her teens
I know a train that goes a mile a minute
You bet your life I’m goin’ to be right in it
On my way back home to New Orleans”
Performance
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