Way Down South In Dixie 1903

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13 Mar 2009
2009

In the sunny land of Dixie
'mid the cotton and the cane,
where the air is ever fragrant
with sweet flowers,
In a cosy little cottage
at the ending of a lane
almost hidden
by a mass of leafy bowers,
It is here that dwells a lassie
who had promised mine to be
and I know that she
her promise will fulfil,
and no matter where I roam
from that little southern home,
I am conscious that
her thoughts are of me still.

'Way down in Dixie by the old Suanee
there is a heart ever true to me;
where the mocking bird is singing
wedding bells will soon be ringing
'Way down south in Dixie.

We were children once together
and in merry childish glee,
we would gather flowers
all the livelong day
Romping through the verdant meadows,
chasing butterfly and bee,
it was thus we wiled the golden hours away.
But that childish love grew stronger
with the years as they sped by,
till one day I took her hand in mine and said:
"We have grown up side by side,
will you be my happy bride?"
and then gazing in her eyes
my answer read.

'Way down in Dixie by the old Suanee
there is a heart ever true to me;
where the mocking bird is singing
wedding bells will soon be ringing
'Way down south in Dixie.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Way Down South In Dixie 1903
words & music by R.M.Stults
© MCMIII by Julie V.S. Stults
transferred © MCMV to Jos.Morris
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 13 March 2009 at 18.20
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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