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Dixie
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Album: Songs of the South: Bagpipes and Banjos
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Lyrics: Daniel Emmett
This most popular Southern song was written by Daniel Emmett, a native of Ohio, a Northerner. Emmett was a member of "Bryant's Minstrels" for a time, in 1859. Bryant asked Emmett if he could write a new song for troupe's shows, and Emmett produced Dixie. The song became very popular and quickly spread to all parts of the country. Dixie was chosen to be played at the inauguration of Confederacy President Jefferson Davis in February of 1861. The song was claimed by Southern soldiers as their marching song. Emmett became dismayed to have his song become a rallying song for the Southern cause and himself idolized by the South. Despite the popularity of this and other songs he wrote, Daniel Emmett died destitute, at age 89.
This song's first few notes are eerily similar to the Scottish song "The Dashing White Sargeant"
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I wish I was in the land of cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land!
In Dixie land where I was born in
Early on one frosty morning
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land!
Chorus:
Then I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! hooray!
In Dixie land I'll take my stand
To live and die in Dixie.
Away, away, away down south in Dixie
Away, away, away down south in Dixie
Ole Missus marry "Will the weaver",
Willium was a gay deceiver,
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land!
But when he put his arm around 'er,
He smiled fierce as a forty pounder,
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land!
His face was sharp as a butcher's cleaver,
But that did not seem to grieve 'er-,
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land!
Ole Missus acted the foolish part,
And died for a man who broke her heart
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land!
Now here's a health to the next ole Missus,
An' all the gals that want to kiss us;
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
But if you want to drive 'way sorrow,
Come and hear this song tomorrow,
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land!
There's buckwheat cakes and injun batter,
Makes you fat or a little fatter,
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land!
Then hoe it down and scratch your gravel,
To Dixie's Land I'm bound to travel,
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land!
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