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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. "Dixie" was probably the most popular song for Confederate soldiers on the march, in battle, and at camp. [67]
The lyrics tell of the last days of the American Civil War, portraying the suffering of the protagonist, Virgil Caine, a poor white Southerner. Dixie is the historical nickname for the states making up the Confederate States of America. [6]
The song's lyrics follow the minstrel show scenario of the freed slave longing to return to his master in the South; it was the last time Emmett would use the term "Dixie" in a song. [2] Its tune simply repeated Emmett's earlier walkaround "I Ain't Got Time to Tarry" from 1858.
The lyrics of the song contain references to such Civil War Generals as Henry Wager Halleck, George B. McClellan, Michael Corcoran, and others. The first verse and chorus are: We’re going down to Dixie, to Dixie, to Dixie, We’re going down to Dixie, to fight for the dear old Flag; And should we fall in Dixie, in Dixie, in Dixie,
Dixie Doodle is a parody of Yankee Doodle in the South at the time of the American Civil War. It was written in 1862 by Margaret Weir, published in New Orleans, and dedicated to "our dear Soldiers on the Battle Field". [1] Cover of the 1862 sheet music published by Werlein & Halsey
In “Selma to Saigon: The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War,” Daniel S. Lucks notes that young Black men enlisted in the war in hopes of proving “they were worthy of their newly ...
"Dixie" — a popular folk song about the southern United States. " The Battle Hymn of the Republic " — a marching hymn of the Union Army during the American Civil War ; [ 1 ] and " All My Trials " — a Bahamian lullaby related to African American spirituals and widely used by folk music revivalists
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