A popular song from 1917.
Words by Jack Yellen.
Music by Albert Gumble.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Just a moment stranger, you’ll pardon me
I’m afraid that I’ve lost my way
And I’ll be very, very much obliged to you
If you’ll tell me where I’ve wandered to
This is one place I’ve never seen before
And I wonder what it can be
You don’t mean to say it’s Dixieland
That I’ve been longing to see
Chorus:
So this is Dixie, so this is Dixie
Well, it looks mighty good to me
It’s no wonder they love it as much as they do
Say boy, if you live here, I’m jealous of you
I want to say I’ve found another home today
Right here is where I’m bound to stay
So this is Dixie, you’re sure it’s Dixie
Why it looks like Heaven to me
2. Guess you must be right ’cause I’ve never seen
Any other place half so grand
I want to tell the world and I don’t mean to bluff
Those who praise it don’t say half enough
Now I know why folks here are always gay
Now I really do understand
Why they feel so proud when they can say
Their home is in Dixieland
Patter:
Everybody greets you, wants to shake your hand
Anytime you come down in Dixieland
Somethin’ in the weather, somethin’ in the air
Makes a beggar feel like a millionaire
Oh see the fields of cotton wavin’ in the breeze
Listen to the darkies and their melodies
Way down upon the Swannee river I love to be
When the sunshines bright on my old plantation home
Dixie looks like heaven to me