When It's Night Time In Dixieland 1914

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 05 Nov 2006
2006

Talk about your Arabian Nights,
I must admit they're grand.
But if you long for wonderful nights
Come down to Dixieland.
That's the dearest place of all.
Listening to the crickets call
when the evening shadows fall
down in Dixieland.

Night time down in Dixieland,
Darkies strolling hand in hand,
Southern melodies,
floating on the breeze,
let me tell you it's grand
for when you hear those darkies harmonize
Tears of gladness fill your eyes,
baritones and basses,
lounging round the places,
Dixieland embraces the happiest of races.
All you see is smiling faces
when it's night time in Dixieland.

Night time down in Dixieland,
Darkies strolling hand in hand,
Southern melodies,
floating on the breeze,
let me tell you it's grand
for when you hear those darkies harmonize
Tears of gladness fill your eyes,
baritones and basses,
lounging round the places,
Dixieland embraces the happiest of races.
All you see is smiling faces
when it's night time in Dixieland.

Through the air float the wonderful tunes
of Mister Whippoorwill
On the ground dance the bowlegged coons,
They simply can't keep still;
vet'rans of the Civil War
telling stories by the score,
how they fought in sixtyfour
down in Dixieland.

Night time down in Dixieland,
Darkies strolling hand in hand,
Southern melodies,
floating on the breeze,
let me tell you it's grand
for when you hear those darkies harmonize
Tears of gladness fill your eyes,
baritones and basses,
lounging round the places,
Dixieland embraces the happiest of races.
All you see is smiling faces
when it's night time in Dixieland.

Night time down in Dixieland,
Darkies strolling hand in hand,
Southern melodies,
floating on the breeze,
let me tell you it's grand
for when you hear those darkies harmonize
Tears of gladness fill your eyes,
baritones and basses,
lounging round the places,
Dixieland embraces the happiest of races.
All you see is smiling faces
when it's night time in Dixieland.

Soft karaoke
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When It's Night Time In Dixieland 1914
a ragtime song
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© 1914 by Irving Berlin Inc.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 05 November 2006 at 10.08pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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