Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-30

The original words or Dixie, winch III
spired the soldiers OF the confederacy te
heroic deeds. and which to the present day
never fails to arouse enthusiasm in south
ern hearts are as follows:
wish was IN the land OBJ cotton
Old times dar not forgotten,
Look away, look away. look away, Dixie iaho.
In Dixie land, whar l was born in.
Early on frosty mornin,
Lock away, look away, look away, Dixie iano.
Den wish was in Dixie.
In n Dixis land and I'll take my stand
To lib an die in Dixie.
Away, away, away down south IN Dixie.
Away, away, away down south III Dlxle.
Ole missus marry '.WiIl-deweaver,"
William was a gay deceaher.
Look away, look away, look away: Dixie land.
But when he put his arms around ,er.
He smiled fierce forty -puundsr
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie lahd.
Den l wish I was in Dixie, etc.
His face sharp as butchers cleaber.
Bat dat it did seem to greab er.
Look away, look away. look away, Dixie lana.
Den l wish was in Dixie, etc.
Dere's buckwheat cakes and Ingen batter,
Makes you fat a little fatter
Look away. look away. look away to Dixie land.
Den hoe 1t down an scratch de grabbed,
To Dixie land I'm bound to trabbe.
Look away. look away, look away, DiXie iand
Den wish i was In Dixie, ETC.
God made dis worr in just six days,
And finished 1t in various ways;
He den made Dixie" trim an nice,
When Adam called it Paradise.
Den wish / was in Dixie, etc.
Many other stanzas were added to the
song by Emmett and others, and the varia-
tions in the words have been many, but
the tune remains.
Dixie is the only strictly original pa
triotic melody the United States possesses
1.-The Star Spangled Banner was set to an
English drinking song, and the music OF
Hail Columbia was ground out by Ger
man bandmaster on the occasion OF a visit
of Washington to a New York theater Dan
Emmett was the father of the most inspir-
ing tune ever given to Americans
Written Under Compulsion.
Some years ago Mr. Emmett, in discussing
the composition of Dixie said: II wrote
Dixie like everything else l did-because
1t had to be done. l playing al Bry-
ants Theater in 1859. and on one Saturday
night as 1 was leaving Bryant called to
me:
We have got to list a new attraction,
Dan Give US a new walk-around for next
week-the kind the bands will play and the
boys will whistle in the streets The next
day ii raned in torrents and / was obliged
to stay indoors, so | set to work the
song At first could do nothing. My store
of thoughts suitable to the song desired
seemed exhausted. l went to the window
and looked down into the street. The rain
was beating and driving my thoughts oack
to the time when travelled with the circus.
When caught in inclement weather in the
north the negroes with the circus were
wont to wish they were back in Dixie land.
Composed in Twenty Minutes.
"Then sentence-1 wish was in Dixie
kept repeating itself in my mind. The
rest came easy. In 20 minutes the words
and music were complete and that is the
whole story of how Dixie came to be
written.
% Dixie was just what Bryant wanted for
the next week. When we arrived In New
York the boys actually were whistling it on
the streets. 1t made great hit at once,