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I'VE BEEN TO NEW ORLEANS IN MY DREAMS    I was raised beside the sea   My mom and dad would smile at me   'Cause I loved to listen to those old songs   Sittin' by the gramophone,   Every evenin' all alone,   The melodies would linger on in my head                In my bed,                'til I said --        I'VE BEEN TO NEW ORLEANS IN MY DREAMS              I was singin' a ragtime tune,             Dancin' under that Creole moon,                   Back in New Orleans,                  In my dreams -- (It seems)        I BEEN TO NEW ORLEANS IN MY DREAMS   I would play beside the sea,   Where the west wind called to me,   Dreamin 'bout the tales that sailors told me.   And I would walk for blocks and blocks,   Just to get down to the docks,   Where I'd watch those big white boats go sailin'                        Sailin'                        Sailin' [away]         I'VE BEEN TO NEW ORLEANS IN MY DREAMS              I was singin' a ragtime tune,              Dancin' under that Creole moon,                   Back in New Orleans,                  In my dreams -- and it seems)          I BEEN TO NEW ORLEANS IN MY DREAMS     And when the winter fog rolled in,   I'd turn my back against the wind,   Shut my eyes and felt the delta sunshine . . .     But I never really got away   'Til the music would start to play --   And I'd go driftin' down the bayou,                   Bayou,                   Bye-bye, ooh --         I'M OFF TO NEW ORLEANS IN MY DREAMS            I can hear that ragtime tune,            I can see that Creole moon,                I'm back in New Orleans,                In my dreams --          I'VE BEEN TO NEW ORLEANS IN MY DREAMS    I been to New Orleans,   I've been there in my dreams . . .   I was there when the saints were marchin' in;   I saw the Mardi Gras begin--   "Just A Closer Walk With Thee"   (Felt like they were playin' just for me)   Copyright 1977 Dene Hofheinz Anton, Brad Burg, and Gary Zekley