Dixie

Written by Daniel Decatur Emmett

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V vi

Verse 11

Daniel Decatur Emmett  1859 *

Verse 1

      G
Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton,
C
Old times there are not forgotten,
     G          Em         D          G
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land.

Verse 2

   G
In Dixie Land, where I was born in,
C
early on one frosty mornin',
     G          Em         D          G
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land.

Chorus

  G             C      A7      D
I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
   G               C
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
   G               D
to live and die in Dixie.
G     D     G                  D G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
G     D     G                  D G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.

Verse 3

    G
Ole Missus marry "Will the weaver",
C
Willum was a gay deceiver,
     G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.

Verse 4

    G
But when he put his arm around 'er,
C
He smiled fierce as a forty pounder,
     G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.

Chorus

  G             C      A7      D
I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
   G               C
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
   G               D
to live and die in Dixie.
G     D     G                  D G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
G     D     G                  D G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.

Verse 5

    G
His face was sharp as a butcher's cleaver,
C
But that did not seem to grieve 'er,
     G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.

Verse 6

    G
Ole Missus acted the foolish part,
C
And died for a man that broke her heart,
     G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.

Chorus

  G             C      A7      D
I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
   G               C
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
   G               D
to live and die in Dixie.
G     D     G                  D G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
G     D     G                  D G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.

Verse 7

    G
Now here's a health to the next ole Missus,
C
An' all the gals that want to kiss us,
     G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.

Verse 8

    G
But if you want to drive 'way sorrow,
C
Come and hear this song tomorrow,
     G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.

Chorus

  G             C      A7      D
I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
   G               C
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
   G               D
to live and die in Dixie.
G     D     G                  D G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
G     D     G                  D G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.

Verse 9

        G
There's buckwheat cakes and Injun batter,
C
Makes you fat or a little fatter,
     G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.

Verse 10

     G
Then hoe it down and scratch your gravel,
C
To Dixie's Land I'm bound to travel,
     G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.

Chorus

  G             C      A7      D
I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
   G               C
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
   G               D
to live and die in Dixie.
G     D     G                  D G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
G     D     G                  D G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
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