Words and music by John Kay      Down in New Orleans   The nights are hot and long   Ev'ry day's Saturday night   Down in the quarter   The music's loud and strong   Wish I'd be there tonight      Down in New Orleans   The nights are free and wild   Women will treat you all right   Down from the quarter they're calling me   And I wish I could go tonight      Every time I walk on by   The joints on Bourbon Street   I feel a glow from my head    Right down to my feet   They're places of ev'ry description   Where no one cares who you are   There are people of all persuasions   Carousing in the crowded bars      Down in New Orleans   The nights are free and wild   Women will treat you all right   Down from the quarter they're calling me   And I wish I could go tonight       Walk right on in, sit right down   Drink a hurricane   While everybody gathers 'round   To watch the dancers undulate   The workin' girl in the corner   Is hitting the local bar   And everyone in the quarter   Brace themselves for Mardi Gras      Down in New Orleans?br>    © 1976 Rambunctious Music (ASCAP)