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Released in 1998

New Orleans

Written by Linda McCartney

Last updated on November 5, 2016


Album This song officially appears on the Wide Prairie Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1998

Master album

From Wide Prairie liner notes:

We were at Sea Saint Studios in New Orleans working on Venus and Mars when Linda came up with this number. References to the Dew Drop Inn and The Dungeon – places we visited during our stay – were included, along with many other memories of Linda’s from our trip.


Lyrics

Gumbo and poor boys are all that I've seen in New Orleans

Creole Dish and Crawfish are all that I've seen in New Orleans

Oysters on a half shell, Bourbon Street got it's own smell, yeah

It got it's own smell, oh yeah.

Greased jeans and pralines are all that I've seen in New Orleans

Doom and gloom to fifty tunes are all that I've seen in New Orleans

Oysters on a half shell, Bourbon Street got it's own smell, yeah

It got it's own smell, oh yeah.

Do drop in to the Dew Drop Inn but don't do down to the dungeon

Don't go down, don't go down, don't go down

Don't go down, don't go down, don't go down

Oysters on a half shell, Bourbon Street got it's own smell, yeah

It got it's own smell, oh yeah.

Greased jeans and pralines are all that I've seen in New Orleans

Doom and gloom to fifty tunes are all that I've seen in New Orleans

Oysters on a half shell, Bourbon Street got it's own smell, yeah

It got it's own smell, oh yeah.

Do drop in to the Dew Drop Inn but don't do down to the dungeon

Don't go down, don't go down, don't go down

Don't go down, don't go down, don't go down

Greased jeans and pralines are all that I've seen in New Orleans

Doom and gloom to fifty tunes are all that I've seen in New Orleans

Oysters on a half shell, Bourbon Street got it's own smell, yeah

It got it's own smell, oh yeah.

Gumbo and poor boys are all that I've seen in New Orleans

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