"I Wish I Was in Dixie" - Unofficial Anthem of Confederate States of America

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"Dixie", also known as "Dixie's Land", "I Wish I Was in Dixie", and other titles, is a song about the Southern United States first made in 1859. It is one of the most distinctively Southern musical products of the 19th century. It was not a folk song at its creation, but it has since entered the American folk vernacular. The song likely rooted the word "Dixie" in the American vocabulary as a nickname for the Southern U.S.
"Dixie" originated in the minstrel shows of the 1850s and quickly became popular throughout the United States. During the American Civil War, it was adopted as a de facto national anthem of the CSA, along with "The Bonnie Blue Flag" and "God Save the South". New versions appeared at this time that more explicitly tied the song to the events of the Civil War.
Lyrics in English:
I wish I was in the land of cotton, old times there are not forgotten,
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land.
In Dixie Land where I was born in, early on a frosty mornin',
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land.
Chorus:
Then I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! hooray!
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand to live and die in Dixie,
Away, away, away down South in Dixie,
Away, away, away down South in Dixie.
Old Missus marry "Will-de-weaber,"
William was a gay deceiver;
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.
But when he put his arm around her,
He smiled as fierce as a forty-pound'er,
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
Chorus
His face was sharp as a butcher's cleaver
But that did not seem to grieve her
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
Old Missus acted the foolish part
And died for a man that broke her heart
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
Chorus
There's buck-wheat cakes an Indian batter,
Makes you fat or a little fatter;
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.
Then hoe it down an scratch your grabble,
To Dixie land I'm bound to travel.
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.
Chorus
Now here's a health to the next old Missus
An all the girls that want to kiss us
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
But if you want to drive 'way sorrow
Come and hear this song tomorrow
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
Chorus
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