Dixie (song) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-05

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Dixie (song)


00:01:35 1 Structure
00:04:26 2 Lyrics
00:08:02 3 Composition and copyright
00:12:00 3.1 Origin of the terms "Dixie" and "Dixieland"
00:13:04 4 Popularity through the Civil War
00:20:49 5 "Dixie" reconstructed
00:24:48 6 Whistling "Dixie"
00:25:22 7 Modern interpretations



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"Dixie," also known as "Dixie's Land," "I Wish I Was in Dixie," and other titles, is a popular song in the Southern United States. It is one of the most distinctively Southern musical products of the 19th century and probably the best-known song to have come out of blackface minstrelsy. It was not a folk song at its creation, but it has since entered the American folk vernacular. The song likely cemented the word "Dixie" in the American vocabulary as a nickname for the Southern United States.
Most sources credit Ohio-born Daniel Decatur Emmett with the song's composition, although other people have claimed credit, even during Emmett's lifetime. Compounding the problem are Emmett's own confused accounts of its writing and his tardiness in registering its copyright. The latest challenge has been made on behalf of the Snowden Family Band of Knox County, Ohio, who may have collaborated with Emmett to write "Dixie."
"Dixie" originated in the minstrel shows of the 1850s and quickly became popular throughout the United States. During the American Civil War, it was adopted as a de facto national anthem of the Confederate States of America. New versions appeared at this time that more explicitly tied the song to the events of the Civil War.
The song was a favorite of President Abraham Lincoln; he had it played at some of his political rallies and at the announcement of General Robert E. Lee's surrender.. The earliest known recording of this song was performed by Billy Murray, in a duet with Ada Jones, in 1916.