| People brag, people boast
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| And consistently drink a toast
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| To a place that a lot of them place on top of the heap
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| Are they wrong? |
| Are they right?
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| Is there reason for their delight?
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| I must live in doubt till the day that I find out
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| Is it true what they say about Dixie?
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| Does that sun really shine all the time?
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| Do them sweet magnolias blossom
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| Round everybody’s door?
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| Do folks keep eatin' possom
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| Till they cain’t eat no more?
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| Is it true what they say about the Swanee?
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| Is the dream by that stream so sublime?
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| Do they laugh, do they love
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| Like they say in every song?
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| If they do, that’s where I belong
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| (partly said, partly sung)
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| Now if you like a sweet magnolia lane
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| Gals as sweet as sugar cane
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| Then hop the nearest choo choo train
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| 'Cause it’s all aboard for Dixie
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| If you like to hear that southern drawl
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| And gals who say «I loves ya-all,»
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| Then they ain’t no use for you to stall
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| You better get on down to Dixie
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| And if you like to hear them melodies
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| With old Virginnia harmonies
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| And «Mammy» songs on bended knees
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| It’s time you went to Dixie
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| And if you like that real hospitality
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| The B-flat blues and General Lee
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| They ain’t no other place to be
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| Just fly on down to Dixie
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| Now when you’re 'round that there Swanee shore
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| You just go and knock on any door
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| And then ask them who won that civil war
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| 'Cause they gonna' tell you down in Dixie
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| I’m gonna' pack my shoes and walkin' stick
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| My cotton shirt and my banjo pick
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| If you need me, you can reach me quick
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| I’m on my way to Dixie
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| (sung)
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| 'Cause it’s true what they say about Dixie
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| Uh — huh that sun really shines all the time
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| And them sweet magnolias blossom
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| 'Round everybody’s door
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| And the folks keep eatin' possom
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| Till they can’t eat no more
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| Uh — huh it’s true what they say about old Swanee
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| Yes, a dream by that stream is so sublime
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| And they laugh, and they love
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| Like they say in every song
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| Yes, it’s true, and it’s mine all mine! |