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The defiant "In Dixie Land I'll take my stand / To live and die in Dixie" were the only lines used with any consistency. The tempo also quickened, as the song was a useful quickstep tune. Confederate soldiers, by and large, preferred these war versions to the original minstrel lyrics.
The term "I wish I was in Dixie" was used among circus performers to express their desire to be in the south during the winter. The song immediately became popular across the country and was claimed by both Northern and Southern troops during the Civil War. Dixie's lyrics caused many to accuse Emmett of southern sympathies, despite his family's ...
Dixie, also known as Dixieland or Dixie's Land, is a nickname for all or part of the Southern United States. While there is no official definition of this region ...
The Union also adapted Southern songs. In a Union variation of "Dixie", instead of the line "I wish I was in the land of cotton, old times there are not forgotten, Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land", it was changed to "Away down South in the land of traitors, Rattlesnakes and alligators, Right away, come away, right away, come away ...
Presley modifies Newbury's sequence by reprising after "All My Trials" both "Dixie" (in the solo flute) and with a bigger ending on "Battle Hymn". He performs the medley in the 1972 concert film Elvis on Tour. Presley's version didn't equal the US chart success of Newbury's single, reaching No. 66 late in 1972 and peaking at No. 31 on the Easy ...
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"Dixieland Delight" is a song by American country music band Alabama. Inspired by a trip on U.S. Route 11W in Tennessee taken by songwriter Ronnie Rogers, it was written by Rogers and was released on January 28, 1983, by RCA Nashville Records as the lead single for Alabama's seventh studio album, The Closer You Get....
A neon sign for Dixie Lan Bar-B-Que is stored at Element Ten, a neon studio on Troost Avenue. The sign was brought to the studio about five years ago by the city after hanging in the Historic 18th ...