On My Way To New Orleans

(Floating Down the Mississippi River)
A popular song from 1915
Words by Ballard MacDonald
Music by Albert Von Tilzer

The sheet music:

On My Way to New Orleans – Sheet MusicDownload

Lyrics

  1. Hear them bells
    Honey, don’t you hear them bells?
    That’s the sound that tells I’m goin’ away, and
    Never, never comin back no more
    Down the Mississip’, goin’ to take a trip
    Goin’ to spend my days and end my days
    On that Lou’siana shore
    Hear them whistles blowin’, I’m goin’

Chorus:
Floating down the Mississippi River
On my way to New Orleans
There’s no wonder that my heart’s a-quiver
I’m returning to a lonely heart that is yearning
Down in Louisiana
There’s a gal by the name of Hannah
So I’m floating down the Mississippi River
On my way to New Orleans

  1. Ice and snow
    Honey, they could never grow
    Where I’m goin’ to go
    The sun is shinin’
    Ever, ever where I’m goin’ to roam
    ‘Cept on moonlight nights
    When the stars are bright
    Then the darkies sing and banjos ring
    In my Lou’siana home
    Hear them whistles blowin’, I’m goin’