COMPLETE LYRICS

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans, and miss it each night and day?
I know I'm not wrong. this feeling's gettin' stronger, the longer I stay away.

Miss them moss-covered vines, the tall sugar pines where mockin' birds used to sing.
And I'd like to see that lazy Mississippi hurryin' into spring.

The moonlight on the bayou; a Creole tune that fills the air.
I dream about Magnolias in bloom, and I'm wishin' I was there,

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

The moonlight on the bayou; a Creole tune that fills the air.
I dream about Magnolias in bloom, and I'm wishin' I was there,

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans, when that's where you left your heart. and there's one thing more,
I miss the one I care for more than I miss New Orleans.

Louis Armstrong first recorded this song as part of a radio broadcast on October 19, 1938 on WNEW. It was also recorded in 1946 with his orchestra and with the All Stars in 1947 and 1956.