1916 rendition of Dixie by the Metropolitan Mixed Chorus with Ada Jones and Billy Murray
Lyrics (Daniel Decatur Emmett) :
I wish I was in the land of cotton,
Old times there are not forgotten;
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie’s Land!
In Dixie’s Land where I was born in,
Early on one frosty morning,
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie’s Land!
(chorus)
Then I wish I was in Dixie! Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie’s Land I’ll take my stand, to live and die