[DOC] [TLE] Dixie (song) - Wikipedia [PAR] "Dixie," also known as "Dixie's Land," "I Wish I Was in Dixie," and other titles, is a 
popular .... Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton,: Old times there are not forgotten. 
... Roach" and "I Ain't Got Time to Tarry," both first performed earlier in 1859. ..... 
Bryant's Minstrels premiered "Dixie" in New York City on April 4, 1859 as part of... [DOC] [TLE] The Big Apple: Dixie or Dixie's Land (1859) - Barry Popik [PAR] Dec 25, 2004 ... In the early 1800s, New York City children played a game of "tag" on ... not used 
in New York City, where the word "dixie" is first recorded. ... Dixie is a nickname 
for the Southern region of the United States. ... Some have considered it an 
unofficial "national anthem" of the ... I wish I was in the land of cotton, [DOC] [TLE] The Song of Dixie - Big Florida Country [PAR] I wish I was in land ob cotton, ... But dat did not seem to greab 'er; ... The original 
first verse performed on the song's premier, April 4, 1859: ... Albert Pike thought 
these lyrics would be more appropriate for Dixie as the Southern anthem: ... 
Emmett was living and performing in New York City, he was asked to write a new 
song. [DOC] [TLE] The Birth of 'Dixie' - The New York Times [PAR] Mar 31, 2012 ... The surprising origins of the Confederate national anthem. ... In a New York 
apartment on a rainy day in March 1859, Daniel Decatur ... I Wish I was in de land 
ob cotton, ... Confederates performed Dixie enthusiastically and remained ... It 
argued that Will de Weaber was not a minstrel stereotype but,... [DOC] [TLE] This Day in Quotes: The story behind Dixie, the blackface minstrel ... [PAR] Apr 4, 2016 ... The song that became the Confederate states' anthem at the ... Minstrels, a 
popular blackface minstrel troupe in New York City. ... On April 4, 1859, Bryant's 
Minstrels premiered the song in a show at ... I wish I was in de land ob cotton, ... 
On February 18, 1861, not long before the first shots of the Civil War... [DOC] [TLE] Dixie Meaning - Shmoop [PAR] In 1859, Bryant's Minstrels needed to spice up their act. ... In fact, shortly after it 
debuted at Mechanics' Hall in New York City, the song became a national hit. ... 
that Abraham Lincoln had been elected president, embraced the song as an 
anthem. ... president of the Confederate States of America, the band also played 
Dixie. [DOC] [TLE] 80th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, "Dixies' Land" lyrics (original and ... [PAR] Mar 26, 2000 ... Dixie's Land was the unofficial anthem of the Confederacy, and arguably ... The 
song was an instant hit when first performed on September 12, 1859, in New 
York City. 'Dixie' (as it was commonly called) arrived in the Southern states just as 
... "Wish I was in de land ob cotton, Old times dar am not forgotten, [DOC] [TLE] 'Dixie' now too symbolic of old South, not of origins [PAR] Sep 4, 1998 ... ... band performance of a Civil War program that included the song. ... Daniel 
Decatur Emmett was living in New York City in 1859 writing ... was in the land of 
cotton/Old times there are not forgotten/Look away, look away, look away, Dixie's 
Land." "The first verse made it a Southern anthem," said Jon Finson,... [DOC] [TLE] Dan Emmett - The Man Who Wrote "Dixie"  2014 by Wayne Erbsen ... [PAR] Dan Emmett wrote the song Dixie in 1859 on the 5 string banjo,while ... 1859, 
Bryant's Minstrels first performed the song Dixie's Land on the stage at 
Mechanic's Hall. ... the song affirmed that the Negro

Question: This Southern anthem was first performed in 1859 in New York City, not in the land of cotton
Answer: "Dixie"