Way down a-yonder in a-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 just a little while
There's a heaven right here on earth
With those beautiful queens
Way down a-yonder in New Orleans

Way down yonder in New Orleans
In the land of dreamy scenes
There's a garden of Eden, that's a-what I mean
Creole babies with flashing eyes
Softly whisper with tender sighs
Stop, oh won't you give your lady fair a little smile?
Stop, you bet your life you'll linger there just a little ol' while
There's a heaven right here on earth
With those beautiful queens
Way down yonder in New Orleans

There's a heaven right here on earth
With those beautiful queens
Way down yonder in New Orleans