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Songs of Dixie |
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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand 
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5381 Songs of Dixie 08 May 2006 Just to trust one another and know it was you As if it was love which may not always be true This love of life, this love of a friend A time void of games neither in one of pretend This haven of mutual like two spirits drawn to soul Together as one - numbered where twice in half was whole So never wonder, never think bad just be your loving self, whistling a merry tune Songs of Dixie, even to mourning over an afternoon “Then I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! Hooray! In Dixie land I'll take my stand, to live and die in Dixie, Away, away, away down south in Dixie, Away, away, away down south in Dixie.” Chorus of “Dixie”, composed by Daniel Decatur Emmett The composer of “Dixie”, Daniel Decatur Emmett, was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA on 29 October 1815 (died 28 June 1904). When he was 16 years old, he ran away to join a travelling circus, his act being to present songs of his own composition, with banjo accompaniment, in the Spalding & Rogers and Oscar Brown circuses. Emmett later sold the publication rights outright to the New York firm of Peters for the sum of five hundred dollars, all that he ever received for it. The song was issued under the title “I Wish I Was in Dixie Land.” The first performance of “Dixie” in the Southern states appears to have been in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, in December, 1860 While it was in New Orleans that "Dixie" was first accepted as a Southern war song. In March, 1861, in becoming the favourite song of the Confederacy. © 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet) a poet who cares to view with music click here |
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Archea Member
since 2006-05-13
Posts 65United States |
ive never heard that song, is part of that yours or the whole thing the song? either way, good stuff... |
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