A popular song from 1914.
Words and music by Jack Yellen.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Oh, boy! look at me
Oh, joy! can’t you see?
Happiness is written on my face
Like a heavy winner on a race?
Oh, my, see that grip
Goodbye, it’s a trip
It seems like a holiday
Just because I’m on my way
Chorus:
Back to Dixieland, back to Dixieland
Where the cotton waves in the breeze
I’ll greet my honey with a hug and squeeze
She’s waiting by the cabin door
On that Swanee shore
Oh, gee! There’ll be one big Jubilee
So for the last time shake my hand
I’m going back to Dixieland
2. Toot! toot! hear that boat
Toot! toot! that’ll float
To the land where I was born and raised
To those happy scenes of childhood days
Oh, you Dixieland, Oh, you, land so grand
Land I love the best of all
Here’s my answer to your call
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: