Lyrics:
First verse
Talk about your arabian nights I must admit they're grand But if you long for wonderful night Come down to Dixie land That's the dearest place of all Listening to the crickets call When the evening shadows fall Down in Dixie land.
Chorus
Nighttime down in Dixie land, Darkies strolling hand in hand Southern melodies, Floating on the breeze Let me tell you, it's grand For when you hear those darkies harmonize Tear of gladness fill your eyes Baritones and Basses, Lounging round the places, Dixie land embraces the happiest of races, All you see is smiling faces, when it's night time in Dixie land. Nighttime down in Dixieland, Darkies strolling hand in hand Southern melodies, Floating on the breeze Let me tell you, it's grand For when you hear those darkies harmonize Tear of gladness fill your eyes Baritones and Basses, Lounging round the places, Dixie land embraces the happiest of races, All you see is smiling faces, when it's night time in Dixie land.
Second verse
Through the air float the wonderful tunes of mister whippoorwill On the ground dance the bowlegged coons, They simply can’t keep still Vet’rans of the civil war Telling stories by the score How they fought in sixty four Down in Dixie land.
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