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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 in, early on a frosty mornin', Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land. Then I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! hooray! In Dixie Land I'll take my stand to live and die in Dixie,
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 ...
I Want to be in Dixie", also sometimes titled "I want to be Down Home in Dixie", is an American popular song. A version was published by Irving Berlin and Ted Snyder in 1911, [ 1 ] but it is not clear if this was an original composition or an arrangement of a folk song .
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Way up North in Dixie: A Black Family's Claim to the Confederate Anthem. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. Winans, Robert B. (1985). Liner notes to The Early Minstrel Show. New York: Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.
That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection is a greatest hits album by American musician Hank Williams Jr. This album was released on June 27, 2006 on the Curb Records label. This album has two brand new songs, "That's How They Do It in Dixie," and "Stirrin' It Up".
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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]