Dixie
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Dixie
(Trad / Daniel Decatur Emmett)
"Dixie", also known as "I Wish I Was in Dixie", "Dixie's Land", and other
titles, is a popular American song. It is one of the most distinctively
American musical products of the 19th century, and probably the best-known
song to have come out of blackface minstrelsy. Although not a folk song at
its creation, "Dixie" has since entered the American folk vernacular. The
song likely cemented the word "Dixie" in the American vocabulary as a
toponym for the Southern United States.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_%28song%29#Lyrics]
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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
Early on a frosty mornin',
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land
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
INTERLUDE
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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
I wish I was in Dixie, away! away!
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