Billie Holiday

Lyrics to Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans

Do you know what it means
To miss New Orleans
And miss it each night and day
I know I'm not wrongThe feeling's getting stronger
The longer I stay away
Miss the moist covered vines
The tall sugar pinesWhere mocking birds used to sing
And I'd like to see the lazy Mississippi
A hurrying into springThe Mardi Gras memories
Of creole tunes that filled the air
I dream of oleanders in June
And soon I'm wishing that I was 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