Voyle Gilmore - Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South lyrics

{Basin Street Blues} [Verse 1] And Basin Street is the street Where all the boys and the boot folks meet Down in New Orleans, in that land of dreams And you never know how nice it seems And not so much it really means La-la-loo-loo [Verse 2] You're dear to me, yes siree Dear to me, yes siree Can't you see, baby? I can't lose Lose good old Basin Street blues [Bridge] Never know how nice it seems Just how much it really means And I'll see the moon and the moon is pale And it'll look like they're taking some cat to jail No, it's the moon that's pale in the sun And then the sun is gone And the steam wants to come in And it splashes on the good, whoo-whoo And ba-ba-soo-doo {When It's Sleepy Time Down South} [Verse 3] And the pale moon shining on the fields below Folks are singing songs soft and low You needn't tell me, boy, cause I know It's sleepy time down south [Verse 4] Soft wind blowing through the pinewood trees And the folks down there live a life of ease When old mammy falls upon her knees It's sleepy time down south [Verse 5] Steamboats on the river Coming and going Splashing the night time Eh ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba Banjos ringing, everybody singing They dance till the break of day [Verse 6] Dear old southland and his dreamy songs And it takes me back there where I belong Oh, how I'd love to be in my mammy's arms When it's sleepy time down south That's that boy! Let go! Let go! [Verse 7] Steamboats on the river And they're coming and going And they're splashing the night time Eh ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba And they've banjos ringing, everybody singing They dance till the break of day [Verse 6]