"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" is a popular song with music by John Turner Layton Jr. and lyrics by Henry Creamer.

First published in 1922, it was advertised by Creamer and Layton as "A Southern Song, without A Mammy, A Mule, Or A Moon", a dig at some of the Tin Pan Alley clichés of the era.

According to Dick Biondi, Freddy Cannon's 1959 version became the first record in the rock era to have a full brass section.

The song was performed by Harry Connick Jr. in a September 2005 NBC Katrina fundraiser, "A Concert For Hurricane Relief", that raised over $50 million.

The chorus is: Way down yonder in New Orleans In the land of dreamy scenes There's a garden of Eden That's what I mean, Creole babies with flashing eyes Softly whisper with tender sighs— Stop!