The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-07-28

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tist. Any collection of old.time Eth
opian melodies will show the ''dance"
in connection with every piece. 1t is
Mr.. Munger's recollection that the
dance" to "Dixie" was not in the
original version when first presented
by Mr.. Emmett, but it was finished
and attached to the piece and given
with it in at least one entertainment
in the old Mazurka Hall before the
returned to New York.. The
new air was soon being whistled and
played in st. Paul, often with impro-
vised words for the song, and numbers
OF people resorted to Mungers music
store to hear it. Judge Flandreau
says he clearly remembers an occasion
when he and others went to Munger's
To listen to the new tune in town"
An enthusiastic crowd, which became
hilarious, encored the piece repeated
ly. A staid, dignitied banker Of the
town was in the audience, and was in
duced to furnish basket of cham
payne to the spirited entertainment.
AS to the words of the original
song, Mr.. Munger does not remember
them, but he does think they were
identical with the established YER
sion, except as to the chorus, Begin
ming
Den l wish l was in Dixie;
Hooray! Hooray. etc.
When the song was published-as it
was in nearly all the papers year or
sOlatcr-hc remembers that he did not
recognize the words as Emmett had
sung them before the musical club.
But, in fact he cared little about them
anyhow, as they were nonsensical and
without significance. He cared only
to remember the music
Dixie" was first played by Munger's
st. Paul orchestra from manuscript
notes written by Dan Emmett on
foolscap paper with pen and ink. Mr..
Munger thinks that no changes-or
but few-were ever made in the orgi-
nal arrangement except to add the
"dancc." He is OF the opinion that
Emmett left the manuscripts with the
orchestra, and that they were lost.
In the winter Of 1859 Emmett re-
turned to New York and brought out
"DiXie" Soon after, the printed mu-
sic came to St. Paul, and the local mu-
sicians know at once, and often com
mentcd upon the fact, that it was the
'samc old tune" that Dan Emmett
had taught them months before. The
true title of the piece was originally
"Dixie's Land" and il was so pub
lished by The old musical publishing
house of Oliver Ditson e. Co. 1t has
long been out of print, and doubt il
there are Il dozen copies in st. Paul
now.
"Dixie" has always been popular in
the Southern States. 1t was consid-
cred the national air of the Southern
Confederacy, but during the war was
played by the bands of both armies.
1t was a favoritc with President Lin
coin. Alta celebration in Washington
over the collapse of the C0nfederacy,
a few days before he was murdered,
Mr.. Lincoln, speaking from a plat
form, said: "Let the band give us
Dixie l have always liked it. Here
tofore the Confederates have claimed
II exclusively their tune, but now that
we have captured the Confederacy, /
think 1t but fair that Dixie should
be included in the spoilS, and that we
should use it," 1t will be interesting
IL 1t should be established that while
"Dixie" is and has always been re.
garded as Southern piece, it is real
ly OF Northern birth, having been
composed in St. Paul, then a small
town In the rcmotcst Northwest. 1t
seems that 1t was a Northern pro-
duct and appropriated by the Confed-
crates and recaptured and given to the
whole people BY the boys In blue.
As to the origin Of the title "Dixie
Land" the generally accepted version
has long been that it was adopted by
Mr.. Emmett from this circumstance:
A man named Dixie or Dixcy, kept 4
noted place of entertainment in the
Virginian peninsula, where actors,
minstrel men and others OF New York
were wont to resort. There was good
duck hunting and flne fishing In the
ncighborhood, and Dixie's place was
always we'll supplied with oysters,
sun.1sh, shad, canvas-back duck, ter
rapin, etc. The New York show peo-
pie, Dan Emmett among them, fire.
qucntly went down to Dixic's, and
they came to call the country therea-
bouts "Dnls's Land" Often after
returning To the metropolis they were
accustomed to say: 20, l wish was
at Dixle's," or II wish Iwas in Dlxic's
land" etc. Emmett used these words
In his song, but the application was
! |eccptcd as to the South.
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