Ricky Nelson

Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?

Ricky Nelson


Do you know what ii means to miss New Orleans 
and miss it, each night and day 
I know I'm not wrong, the feelings getting stronger  
the longer I stay away 

Miss the moss covered vines 
The tall sugar pines 
Where mocking birds use to sing 
And I'd like to see the lazy Mississippi 
a hurryin into spring 

The moonlight on the bayou 
a Creole tune that fills the air 
I dream about magnolias in June 
And soon I'm wishing that I were there 

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans 
where that's where you left your heart 
And there's something more 
I miss the one I care for 
more than I miss New Orleans