From the sheet music at Baylor University:


IN MY OLD HOME (IN DIXIE LAND)
"From Williams & Walker's musical comedy success, 'Bandana Land.'"
Words by "Mord" Allen; music by Tom Lemonier, ©1908.

1. You ask a real darkey what's the dearest place on earth,
What's nearest to perfection in his mind,
Where is the sum of happiness, contentment and of mirth,
That with the world to chose from he can find—
He'll never choose the Rockies with their canyons and their snows,
Nor It'ly with its sunny skies so blue,
Nor bonnie braes of Scotland where the mountain daisy grows,
But this is what he'll always answer you:

CHORUS: In my old home in Dixie land,
In my own home, to me it's grand.
I can't help what you think of it.
There's no place else on earth so fit
As my old home in Dixie land.

2. You ask him what of comfort can the South hold out to him,
With all the things that go to vex him there;
You tell him of the Philippines where life's not half so grim,
And Cuba with its balmy southern air;
But nothing can impress him, though you pick the wide world o'er,
Can bring the look of gladness to his eyes,
And you'll know his heart is loyal unto Dixie ever more,
When you speak of comfort and he thus replies: CHORUS