Lyr Req: Dear Old Dixie

Subject: Lyr Add: DEAR OLD DIXIE
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Apr 03 - 03:07 PM

DEAR OLD DIXIE

Well I woke up this morning feeling all alone,
Got to thinking about my home sweet home.
All the folks back in Tennessee,
Well, they think an awful lot of me.
So I'm packin up that ole car of mine,
And Im' headin down below that Mason Dixon Line.
Don't you know I headed south today,
Down dear ole Dixie way.

Well, Tennessee, Mississippi good ole Alabam,
Had some great times down in Lousian.
Bluegrass in Kentucky, Callin me,
Dear ole Virginia is where I wanna be.
So I'm Packin up that ole car of mine,
And Im' headin down below that Mason Dixon Line.
Don't you know I headed south today,
Down dear ole Dixie way.

repeat last verse again
Done by the "New Dominion Bluegrass"


I know this is an old thread but I was looking for the same words and I think this is the ones you are looking for. If I am too late sorry.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Old Dixie
From: GUEST,jofield, in Paris
Date: 15 Mar 00 - 07:27 PM

Seems to me I once heard a guy claim, "Ah cain't Scruggs pick, but ah kin Scruggs sing." Perhaps he told the truth, and this is the result...?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Old Dixie
From: GUEST,Pete Peterson
Date: 15 Mar 00 - 10:43 AM

the original posting has "this classic old five string piece", leading me to believe that somebody wrote words to the "melody" of the Earl Scruggs composition Dear Old Dixie. Since that piece is a long succession of sixteenth notes, I bet the words are going to turn out real tongue twisters if anybody knows them. (I don't and have never heard this) Are you from Dixie (Blue Sky Boys) and Gwine Back to Dixie (Uncle Dave Macon) are, as Ms. Harp knows, very wonderful songs and I am sorry we didn't sing them together when we last saw each other! (But there's always NEXT time) I don't think they are the ones referred to in Jeep Man's original question

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Old Dixie
From: Dale Rose
Date: 14 Mar 00 - 11:54 PM

Dear Old Dixie is one of the key phrases in The Rebel Soldier. (done by The Country Gentlemen and Charlie Moore, among others) There's another possibility for you. It's in the DT.

Don't think it would be Are You From Dixie?, BUT that is a great song. You will find the original sheet music for it at Duke also.

Going (Gwine) Back To Dixie? Yes, it's at Duke as well!

Don't know if any of these are the ones you are looking for, but they are all fine songs! Maybe we need a Dixie thread.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Old Dixie
From: harpgirl
Date: 14 Mar 00 - 11:30 PM

...put "dixie" in the search box and one tune that comes up that is great is "Goin Back to Dixie"...Is this the one you are looking for?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Old Dixie
From: harpgirl
Date: 14 Mar 00 - 11:27 PM

...I wondered about this tune....Thought of "Are you From Dixie?"...will post lyrics tomorrow...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Old Dixie
From: Stewie
Date: 14 Mar 00 - 10:28 PM

If what you are after is 'In dear old dixie I long to be' which begins 'When evening shadows lengthen ...', you'll find what the words and music at the Duke sheet music site:

Click here

--Stewie.

Subject: Dear Old Dixie
From: Jeep man
Date: 14 Mar 00 - 05:01 PM

This classic old five string piece actually has words. I found a band doing it on MP3.com but I am not able to write down the words. If anyone can help me it would be a great help. Thanks, Jim