You'll Find Old Dixieland In France 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 May 2011
2011

No more darkies on the Swanee shore,
no more singin' round the cabin door,
Dixie ain't Dixie now, I vow,
In the village all the streets are bare,
Doesn't seem to be a soul down there,
It made me blue some how.
I asked old Mammy Gray
and then I heard her say:

You remember Dancin' Mose?
Folks all called him "Tickle Toes,"
You'll find him "Over There" in France,
Alexander's Band, left old Dixieland,
They used to play the "lovin' blues" for ev'ryone,
Now they're playin' blues upon a Gatling Gun,
Don't forget "Old Shimmie Sam,"
Famous boy from Alabam'
He marched away in khaki pants,
Instead of pickin' melons off the vine,
They're pickin' Germans off the Rhine,
You'll find old Dixieland in France.

You remember Dancin' Mose?
Folks all called him "Tickle Toes,"
You'll find him "Over There" in France,
Alexander's Band, left old Dixieland,
They used to play the "lovin' blues" for ev'ryone,
Now they're playin' blues upon a Gatling Gun,
Don't forget "Old Shimmie Sam,"
Famous boy from Alabam'
He marched away in khaki pants,
And with Abe Lincoln in their memory
They've gone to fight for Liberty
You'll find old Dixieland in France.

Ev'ry evening when the star shells gleam,
You're in Alabama it would seem,
You'll hear the same old coons, play tunes,
Billy Johnson with his pet banjo,
Doesn't mind it when the shells hit low,
He simply sits and croons,
The strains of "Over There"
come floating on the air:

You remember Dancin' Mose?
Folks all called him "Tickle Toes,"
You'll find him "Over There" in France,
Alexander's Band, left old Dixieland,
They used to play the "lovin' blues" for ev'ryone,
Now they're playin' blues upon a Gatling Gun,
Don't forget "Old Shimmie Sam,"
Famous boy from Alabam'
He marched away in khaki pants,
Instead of pickin' melons off the vine,
They're pickin' Germans off the Rhine,
You'll find old Dixieland in France.

You remember Dancin' Mose?
Folks all called him "Tickle Toes,"
You'll find him "Over There" in France,
Alexander's Band, left old Dixieland,
They used to play the "lovin' blues" for ev'ryone,
Now they're playin' blues upon a Gatling Gun,
Don't forget "Old Shimmie Sam,"
Famous boy from Alabam'
He marched away in khaki pants,
And with Abe Lincoln in their memory
They've gone to fight for Liberty
You'll find old Dixieland in France.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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You'll Find Old Dixieland In France 1918
Music by George W.Meyer
Lyrics by Grant Clarke
© MCMXVIII by Leo Feist Inc. N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 27 May 2011 at 20.19
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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