a popular song from 1917 words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young music by Jean Schwartz
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1. My daddy courted my Mammy, away down South
They married in Alabammy, away down South
And when I came into this world, old Dixie gave me birth
That’s why I claim that Dixie is the finest place on earth
They brought me up in sunny Caroline
And they just planted Dixie in the heart of mine
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I’m all abound round with the Mason Dixon Line
It’s pulling me, back where I used to be
When I was younger I knew every lane
Now I hunger to be once again
Back where the robin keeps throbbing pretty melodies
And when I’m all bound round with a pair of loving arms
Oh! mother mine! I’ll know I’m in Caroline
I’ve read a lot about Heaven, but give me Dixie all the time
For I’ve found that I’m bound, bound all around
With the Mason Dixon Line
2. Last night I lay awake thinking of Dixie land
Thinking of Abraham Lincoln, and Dixie land
He surely loved the stars and stripes, the Southern and the North
And his poor heart was broken when the loyal sons marched forth
Why no one loved old Dixie more than he
Excepting that it might have been poor little me