The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22
Tam1ikdp S0nQS
And Their
Authors,
Look away, look away;
Look away down South in Dixie!

Look away, look away;
Look away down South in Dixie!
Chorus
| wish I was in Dixie hi no, hi no!
In Dixie Ian I'll take my stand
TO lib an die in Dixie!
HI no, hi no, I'll lib an die in Dixie;
Hi no, hi no, I'll lib an die ia Dixie.
Later along, after the song had at
tracted some attention. and about the
time the Southern troops were being mob
HlZed Tor the Civil war, Col Hays re-
wrote the words, making marching song
1 !Tl the Buckner guards of Louisville.
Ihese were the words. by the way, that
We're considered reasonable. The first
verse OF these words was as follows:
We gwan down to de Ian OBJ cotton
Cinnamon seed an sandy bottom:
away 1A4D away. we gwan down to Dixie;
We gwan to fight an sing dis song.
Away away, away down South in Dixiel
Chorus
We gwan down to Dixie's land
To stay down South in Dixiel
Away, away, away down South in Dixie;
Away, away, away down South in Dixie
Mr. Fauld, the publisher, in speaking,
OF the song. once said
IN tracing the music in after wears
II w DIS lOuIlu tIldI II was from an old Eng
lish ditty which began:
If I was soldier wouldn't I go. etc
"a parody was afterward written for
children, which was extensively sung on
the plantations in the South, and thus the
slaves got the air. The parody used to
run:
II had donkey that wouldn't 60
DO you think I'd whip him? Oh, dear
no! etc,
and then continued a strain Of how the
child would persuade him by candy and
sweetmeats. Thus the slaves picked up
the air from the children on the planta-
Ilons. how 1T came to be called Dixie
have never been able to learn.
The South had my edition of the song
and no other. When the war came on it /
became the marching song and was the
song of the Confederacy. Even before the
war 1t was regarded, as it was intended
as strictly Southern song, and at no
time was it popular i'll the North
The other edition of Dixie was pub
nShed perhaps year after mine. 1t was
Dan Emmett's version. The air was the
same, but the words were different from
those of Hays. Hays was strictly a
Southern song. Emmetts was a version
suitable for singing in the North, where
he performed.
. Il had given the song the title of Way
les printed. l sent it to all my custom
ers in the South, and also to all the other
publishers in the country as all of us
sold the others music. The words 1
copyrighted, but the music was common
property"
No martial music that is today being
played or sung in the United States is SO
popular as Dixie" There is a charm. a
sweetness, in the music. that at once
touches a sympathetic chord in the heart.
and brings a huskiness to the voice no
matter from what section the nearer may
come. Time was when it was treason to
whistle or sing Dixie" north of Mason
and Dixon's line. In the streets of Lofts
vile and other border cities, during the
war men were knocked down for hum
ming the air. Today things are different.
OF all the inspiring national airs none
is received with more favor than this old
Southern song in all sections of this our
one country The band that plays It in
Chicago is cheered just as Justify as the
band that blows out the old familiar air
in New Orleans.