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Away, away, away down South in Dixie! Both Union and Confederate composers produced war versions of the song during the American Civil War . These variants standardized the spelling and made the song more militant, replacing the slave scenario with specific references to the conflict or to Northern or Southern pride.
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Way Down South in Dixie (Break the heart of me) They hung my black young lover To a cross roads tree. Way Down South in Dixie (Bruised body high in air) I asked the white Lord...
Way down South in Dixie. (Bruised body high in air) I asked the white Lord Jesus. What was the use of prayer. Way down South in Dixie. (Break the heart of me) Love is a naked shadow. On a gnarled and naked tree. From Caroling Dusk (Harper & Brothers, 1927), edited by Countee Cullen.
Way Down South in Dixie To a cross roads tree. In the first stanza of ‘Song For a Dark Girl’ the speaker, a young woman, describes the death of her “black young lover”.
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Away down south in Dixie! Old Missus marry Will, the weaver, William was a gay deceiver. Look away! Dixie Land. But when he put his arm around her. He smiled as fierce as a forty pounder. Look away!
The chorus, “O, 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!” resonates with an unwavering loyalty and commitment to one’s homeland.
