A 1922 popular song.
Words by Jack Yellen.
Music by Milton Ager.
Song suggested by Laurence Rubenstein.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’ve always been a rover
I’ve looked this whole world over
East, West, South, North
I’ve travelled back and forth
And if I were a teacher of geography
Here’s what each tot would learn from me
Chorus
East is East, West is West, but South is paradise
That’s my fav’rite name for Dixie land
Down where the honey flows, from each rose
Land o’ sunny skies, Home sweet home
It’s like a great big honey comb
When Mother Earth gave Dixie birth
The sun looked down and smiled
Nature gave it ev’rything that’s nice
And ev’ry bird up in the sky
On the day it learns how to fly
Knows that East is East, West is West
But South is paradise
- They’ve tried in song and story
To tell of Dixie’s glory
They’ve sung its praise
In many different ways
But you’ve just got to see it, that’s the only way
If you want to know why I say
Sung here by Fred Feild: