The Dixie Volunteers 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 Feb 2008
2008

See the folks all arrayed?
They're dressed up, for the parade,
the Dixie boys are on their way,
they're goin' to sail this very day.
You can tell at a glance
they're anxious to get to France,
and you can bet they'll do their share,
when they get 'over there.'

Let's all give three cheers
for the Dixie Volunteers
see those great big Southern laddies,
just like their dear old daddies,
they are proud to go,
and they want the world to know,
they're coming! They're coming!
From the land of Old Black Joe.
Peaceful sons have shouldered guns,
and now they're going to be,
fighting men like Stonewall Jackson
and like Robert E. Lee,
when they hit that line
and they cross the River Rhine,
you'll wish you came from Dixie,
with The Dixie Volunteers.

Let's all give three cheers
for the Dixie Volunteers
see those great big Southern laddies,
just like their dear old daddies,
they are proud to go,
and they want the world to know,
they're coming! They're coming!
From the land of Old Black Joe.
Peaceful sons have shouldered guns,
and now they're going to be,
fighting men like Stonewall Jackson
and like Robert E. Lee,
when they hit that line
and they cross the River Rhine,
you'll wish you came from Dixie,
with The Dixie Volunteers.

They are all full of 'pep'
just see those boys keep in step
behind their regimental band,
they're playing tunes from Dixieland,
see the smile on each face?
They'll give that Kaiser a chase,
they'll hand the enemy a scare,
when they get 'over there.'

Let's all give three cheers
for the Dixie Volunteers
see those great big Southern laddies,
just like their dear old daddies,
they are proud to go,
and they want the world to know,
they're coming! They're coming!
From the land of Old Black Joe.
Peaceful sons have shouldered guns,
and now they're going to be,
fighting men like Stonewall Jackson
and like Robert E. Lee,
when they hit that line
and they cross the River Rhine,
you'll wish you came from Dixie,
with The Dixie Volunteers.

Let's all give three cheers
for the Dixie Volunteers
see those great big Southern laddies,
just like their dear old daddies,
they are proud to go,
and they want the world to know,
they're coming! They're coming!
From the land of Old Black Joe.
Peaceful sons have shouldered guns,
and now they're going to be,
fighting men like Stonewall Jackson
and like Robert E. Lee,
when they hit that line
and they cross the River Rhine,
you'll wish you came from Dixie,
with The Dixie Volunteers.

Soft karaoke
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The Dixie Volunteers 1917
by Edgar Leslie & Harry Ruby
© MCMXVII by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder  -  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 24 February 2008 at 12.33
in association with Doug Grierson
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