"Dixie", also known as "Dixie's Land", "I Wish I Was in Dixie", and other titles, is a popular American song. It is one of the most distinctively American musical products of the 19th century, and probably the best-known song to have come out of blackface minstrelsy. Although not a folk song at its creation, "Dixie" has since entered the American folk vernacular. The song likely cemented the word "Dixie" in the American vocabulary as a toponym for the Southern United States. Although most sources credit Ohio-born Daniel Decatur Emmett with the song's composition, other people have claimed to have composed "Dixie", even during Emmett's lifetime. Compounding the problem of definitively establishing the song's authorship are Emmett's own confused accounts of its writing, and his tardiness in registering the song's copyright. The latest challenge has come on behalf of the Snowden Family of Knox County, Ohio, who may have collaborated with Emmett to write "Dixie”. The song originated in the blackface minstrel shows of the 1850s and quickly became popular across the United States. Its lyrics, written in a comic, exaggerated version of African American Vernacular English, tell the story of a homesick southerner. During the American Civil War, "Dixie" was adopted as a de facto anthem of the Confederacy. New versions appeared at this time that more explicitly tied the song to the events of the Civil War. Since the advent of the North American Civil Rights Movement, many have identified the lyrics of the song with the iconography and ideology of the Old South. Today, "Dixie" is sometimes considered offensive, and its critics link the act of singing it to sympathy for slavery or racial separation in the American South. Its supporters, on the other hand, view it as a legitimate aspect of Southern culture and heritage and the campaigns against it as political correctness. The song was a favorite of President Abraham Lincoln; he had it played at some of his political rallies and at the announcement of General Robert E. Lee's surrender. - Wikipedia Country Girls: Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Reese Witherspoon & others. +++ SONG LYRICS: Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton, Old times there are not forgotten. Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land! In Dixie's Land, where I was born in, early on one frosty mornin'. Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land! I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray! In Dixie's Land I'll take my stand, to live and die in Dixie. Away, away, away down south in Dixie! Away, away, away down south in Dixie! +++ SONG LIST: Dixie - Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops Orchestra Dixie - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra & Erich Kunzel Dixie - Louis Armstrong Dixie - Larry Groce & Disneyland Children’s Choir Dixie - Fiddle Fiddle Fiddle Dixie - The Norman Luboff Choir BONUS LIST: Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair - The Norman Luboff Choir South Of The Border - The Norman Luboff Choir Hello Dolly - The Norman Luboff Choir Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - The Norman Luboff Choir Deep River - The Norman Luboff Choir New World Symphony - Dvorak Adagio For Strings - Samuel Barber Rhapsody On A Theme - Sergei Rachmaninoff +++ Music From When Lyrics Were Both Beautiful & Romantic! +++ SONG INFO: Adagio for Strings (Platoon) - Alberto Lizzio, Camerata Romana Sound recording 34:31 - 39:59 play match columbia On behalf of: Denon Blocked in some countries Remove song File a dispute Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - The Norman Luboff Choir Sound recording 22:42 - 25:45 play match IODA On behalf of: Hallmark Monetized by copyright owner Remove song File a dispute Dixie - Louis Armstrong Sound recording 6:36 - 9:59 play match Koch Entertainment On behalf of: Passport Monetized by copyright owner Remove song File a dispute Dixie - The Norman Luboff Choir Sound recording 12:38 - 15:10 play match IODA On behalf of: Hallmark Monetized by copyright owner Remove song File a dispute Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Op.43: Variation 18 - Lang Lang Sound recording 41:34 - 44:13 play match UMG On behalf of: DG Blocked in some countries Remove song File a dispute Dixie - Arthur Fiedler Sound recording 0:00 - 0:43 play match SME On behalf of: Unchained Melodíe Blocked in some countries Remove song File a dispute Deep River - The Norman Luboff Choir Sound recording 25:49 - 29:22 play match IODA On behalf of: Hallmark Monetized by copyright owner Remove song File a dispute Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair - The Norman Luboff Choir Sound recording 15:14 - 17:57 play match IODA On behalf of: Hallmark Monetized by copyright owner Remove song File a dispute Hello, Dolly! (Album Version) - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Sound recording 20:41 - 22:35 play match WMG SME INgrooves On behalf of: Shout! Factory

• published: 09 Jun 2016
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