Underneath The Dixie Skies 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 May 2009
2009

There's a place in dear old Georgia
underneath the Dixie skies
all the time my heart am longing
for the place I idolize.
way down by the swanee river,
'mid the fields of snowy white,
I can see the darkies quiver
underneath the pale moonlight.

Underneath the Dixie skies
underneath the Dixie skies,
all the folks are jazzing
happy as can be
ev'rybody's dancing to a Dixie melody,
underneath the Dixie skies
in the land where no one sight
hear the banjos ringing,
darkies singing,
oh, what joy their music's bringing
underneath the moonlit Dixie skies.

Underneath the Dixie skies
underneath the Dixie skies,
all the folks are jazzing
happy as can be
ev'rybody's dancing to a Dixie melody,
underneath the Dixie skies
in the land where no one sight
hear the banjos ringing,
darkies singing,
oh, what joy their music's bringing
underneath the moonlit Dixie skies.

When the toil of day is over
and the sun is sinking low
all the colored folks they gather
where the southern breezes blow.
Hark while the Banjos are ringing
listen to the music strain
floating o'er the fields of cotton
I wish I was back again,

Underneath the Dixie skies
underneath the Dixie skies,
all the folks are jazzing
happy as can be
ev'rybody's dancing to a Dixie melody,
underneath the Dixie skies
in the land where no one sight
hear the banjos ringing,
darkies singing,
oh, what joy their music's bringing
underneath the moonlit Dixie skies.

Underneath the Dixie skies
underneath the Dixie skies,
all the folks are jazzing
happy as can be
ev'rybody's dancing to a Dixie melody,
underneath the Dixie skies
in the land where no one sight
hear the banjos ringing,
darkies singing,
oh, what joy their music's bringing
underneath the moonlit Dixie skies.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Underneath The Dixie Skies 1922
by Billy Jackman
© MCMXXII by Joseph B.Bennett
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 26 May 2009 at 21.11
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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