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Thread #116137 Message #2510719
Posted By: Richie
09-Dec-08 - 10:41 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs'
Subject: Lyr Add: MY DIXIE DARLING
My Dixie Darling is taken from the song "Dixie Darling" by Gillispie and Weinrich in 1909.
MY DIXIE DARLING- Carter family
Way down below the Mason-Dixon line There's where the honeysuckle are entwined There's where the southern winds are blowin' There's where the daisies' growin' Girls up north in their gay finery Whirling around in society Singing the song of my Dixie darling Where I long to be
My Dixie darlin' Listen to the song I sing Beneath the silv'ry moon With my banjo right in tune My heart's forever true I love no one but you My Dixie darling My Dixie queen
Goin' down south, gonna have a good time See my girl down in old Caroline Drink my booze and do as I please For all the girls I long to squeeze Singing the song of my Dixie darling That's where I long to be going That's where the jellyroll's rolling With my Dixie queen
My Dixie darlin' Listen to the song I sing Beneath the silv'ry moon With my banjo right in tune My heart's forever true I love no one but you My Dixie darling My Dixie queen