Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans - Jack Teagarden

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans

And miss it each night and day

I know I'm not wrong the feeling's gettin' stronger

The longer I stay away

Miss the moss covered vines the tall sugar pines

Where mockin' birds used to sing

And I'd like to see the lazy Mississippi a-hurryin' into spring

Oh the Mardi Gras the memories

Of Creoles' tunes that fill the air

I dream of oleanders in June

And soon I'm wishin' that I were there

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans

When 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