| Way Down Yonder in New Orleans | |
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| 1922 - w.m. Henry Creamer, Turner Layton | |
| Verse: | Guess! Where do you think I'm going when the winds start blowing strong? Guess! Where do you think I'm going when the nights start growing long? |
| Chorus: | Way down yonder in New Orleans In the land of dreamy scenes There's a garden of Eden. That's what I mean. |
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