"Dixie's Land"
(1860)
Written and composed expressly for
Bryant's Minstrels
by Daniel Decatur Emmett.
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I wish I was in the land of cotton,
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Old times there are not forgotten,
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Em D
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look away, look away, look away, Dixie land.
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In Dixie Land where I was born in,
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Early on one frosty mornin'
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Em D
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look away, look away, look away, Dixie land.
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I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! hooray!
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In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
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to live and die in Dixie,
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Away, away, Away down south in Dixie,
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Away, away, Away down south in Dixie!
