Dixie
Lyrics & Music by Daniel Emmett (c.1859)

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.

Then I wish I was in Dixie,
Hooray!  Hooray!
In Dixie Land, I take my stand
To live and die in Dixie;
Away, away, away down south in Dixie,
Away, away, away down south in Dixie!

There's buck-wheat cakes and Ingen batter,
Makes you fat, or a little fatter,
Look away!  Look away!  Look away!
Dixie Land.

Then I wish I was in Dixie,
Hooray!  Hooray!
In Dixie Land, I take my stand
To live and die in Dixie;
Away, away, away down south in Dixie,
Away, away, away down south in Dixie!

Source:  U.S. Army Song Book, 1918.

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