Dancing Down In Dixie Land 1916

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 Feb 2010
2010

Dixie, Dixie,
I hear you calling.
Dixie, Dixie,
My tears are falling,
That's why I'm coming to see you soon;
I've not forgotten
your fields of cotton;
Dixie, Dixie,
I'll soon be with you,
Down along the Mississippi shore;
'Cause I know
that you'll show
some fancy dancing,
as you did in happy days before.

They're always dancing, dancing,
dancing down in Dixie,
On the Mississippi shore,
See those steam boats gliding along
hear that Darkie's wonderful song;
Singing, swinging,
to the Banjo's ringing
Harmony is ev'rywhere,
Oh! up above the moon's shining brightly,
On the shores they're gathering nightly,
Just play some blues
and they'll wear out their shoes,
Dancing down in Dixie Land.

They're always dancing, dancing,
dancing down in Dixie,
On the Mississippi shore,
See those steam boats gliding along
hear that Darkie's wonderful song;
Singing, swinging,
to the Banjo's ringing
Harmony is ev'rywhere,
Oh! up above the moon's shining brightly,
On the shores they're gathering nightly,
Just play some blues
and they'll wear out their shoes,
Dancing down in Dixie Land.

Dixie, Dixie,
I'm all excited,
Dixie, Dixie,
I'm so delighted,
Because I'll soon take the choo choo train;
The Dixie Flyer,
I'll send a wire
Dixie, Dixie,
to say I'm comin'
back to all the folks who love me too,
Wait for me,
soon I'll be
among the dancers,
trying all the fancy steps they do.

They're always dancing, dancing,
dancing down in Dixie,
On the Mississippi shore,
See those steam boats gliding along
hear that Darkie's wonderful song;
Singing, swinging,
to the Banjo's ringing
Harmony is ev'rywhere,
Oh! up above the moon's shining brightly,
On the shores they're gathering nightly,
Just play some blues
and they'll wear out their shoes,
Dancing down in Dixie Land.

They're always dancing, dancing,
dancing down in Dixie,
On the Mississippi shore,
See those steam boats gliding along
hear that Darkie's wonderful song;
Singing, swinging,
to the Banjo's ringing
Harmony is ev'rywhere,
Oh! up above the moon's shining brightly,
On the shores they're gathering nightly,
Just play some blues
and they'll wear out their shoes,
Dancing down in Dixie Land.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Dancing Down In Dixie Land 1916
by Abe Olman & Irving Bibo
© MCMXVI by La Salle Mus.Pub. - Chicago, Ill.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 16 February 2010 at 17.55
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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