New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

when he had finished The vaik-srolnd he could
play II for her as a sole audisnce; II sae Liked ..
Next aay was rainy and dismal. Some years e.-
fore Emmett had travelled with 8 circus as
drummer In winter The warm So1{hern cireric
a popular route with ctrcts people. and thess
who were obliged 20 show North would say, when
the cold weather would max mem @ f,iesr ~, ~lsa
rent circus expTession- On that dismal September
v.lssn Emmett stepped 70 the vadoyv snd looked
ont. the OIL longing FOR ne pieasat5 S.ltn eaG,s
II wish was in Dixie Like 2 fash the thougst
,i,aie fEefta Iter '' he aastrci eddie in an was WORT
in-, out the melody VhiNit c1N.'e. - e, " 800
rom the instant IL first sung from Jne stage
Of Rrvant'4 NlnsfreI>. th0n ~ NO ~ bIo@dway.
Ne7e YORK. tbs night of Monday september ID
on Mrs E11raetts s'Iege4tion 5H song was d1oosf
Dixie Firth. Pond s. Co bought t1o eopJT'Sh--
ravirc fl Is said SEQ for n. and published it ~
No Of six os Euu1ett's songs. which were grouped
under the title ''Emn1etts I7initabie Plantation
SONGS written and Composed for RrysE-s Mn
strels Of Sew York ~ Dan D Emmett
last wear the Tfo7sard Mcnlori1l Library. ~ ~
Orleans reproduced iu f4csimile what Nr. Ni.a-1
Peer tl,. librarian. was Inclined 20 thiHk vas -
first publication Of the song which has taken pos
session Of the hearts Of the people "f tAe South
completely the "RakOczy" march has those ..
the HuDSarians or the '.lTarseidisc' those of t.s
French republicans. The fact that Mr- Beer asso-
cates the publication with an incident which is7-
pened early in the war however. while Firth.
Pond & Co issued their boOa OF Ea,r1stt's songs n
1850 disposcs Of that notion The broadsids -
nevertheless. amusing. As well as Interesting. ard
The Tribune IS much beholden 20 M Boer and tts
Howard Memorial Library for the PRIVILEGE oS -c-
producing e. There are two stories. a77arently
relating, the incident which teIl OF the ae-
ginning OF the great popularity Of Dixie in tas
South. 3Ir. Beer says:
New 22 6risan5 a rh' aHd F e%eP b9r5 Ead bee n
fully taken excepting that OF a & var song l4r ne
was adopted. j. spread 10 the streets and the
battlefield, and became the great song OF tas
Southerner at Gettysburg
A moro detailed account IS that recently printed
IN the programme book CT the Boston Symphony
Orchestra oy that arniable musical anHalist Of En-
cyclopadic mind. Mr. Philip Hale HIS account
runs thus
In the sPrn Of 1851 Mrs. M & Ie6n Weo5 was Iag-
lls IN Foc'l'%n,,LS @ am al t.S -" @ i., i -
last scene. for which n tune Was wanted Caro-
f%tti 5dd IN t3e SiEic TYnGeso' s G 5 z" l1e ~ ia "a
6y Susan Denim ,7 s!nFing EEme5Js sons To az
# was played before Picketts charge AZ Gsttys-
burg "'Thi1s the anomaly was presented os a sorz
written and composed by q man who was born IA
the North and Who. as matter o fact. syHlDs
thized with the North. becoming the war song OF
the South
Mr.. Hale also refers 10 a soaz whose words
claimed as original, began with the sJanza the
broadside reproduced herewith. which vas pub
lished in New Orleans in 1850 BY J. 1evcorn5.
Mr. Beer says the broadside, 70 which he does not
attempt TO assign date, was printed b. John
Hopkins. who afterward included II in his Hop
kirs's New Orleans 5-Cent S0rsboo[' tCario
Patti. by the way, was brother Of the great Ads-
nna) 1t IS likely that the stanza beginning
wish was IN de land OBJ cotton.
CImGlou cor cinnan1cn) seed an sandy bottom
had Southern origin. for II was Enretts
first stanza- This omitted a. the first Per
fcrn1ance because Bryant feared that II zht g.vs
offence TO some Of his patrons 1t ran thus
Dis worr vas made in .tiss SIX days.
An Lo0k ES-sl Ss pP L Inok 5SrsTgs s9a LooE away
Dixie Land,
BGt Adam Ada called i --Farsdise..'
Look away. Look away. Look away
Dixie Land
CtviousI,- it was only the refrain and the tuns
which had the first inspritins effect upon ths
people of the South: but soon Southern patriots
sought 10 consOrt these with a text OF more SER
GUS import THE Catchez Courier On April 9.
fsSf printed a song 70 the melody OF Dixie or
which the words were written by General Albert
Pike and this. perhaps. may be set down the
real Dixie war song 1t ran;
Sou.lrons hear your country call you.
Up. lest worse than death befaI yoI;
To arms 20 arms 20 S1ilI-5 ,.s..s p. D-A+=-
To- ell I'll the 52sr3 3saS9n S2 61 fTeS united aTs lshted
To armsl To arms, TO arms IN Dixie!
Advance the flag Of Dixie,
For bixie's land We take our stand.
TO aims. To arms. and conquer peace for pixisi
Nj Hale calls attention 10 the fact that Tires
wears ago the Alabama Department OF Archives
and History published the words Of over twa1tY
poems set IN the South 20 Ennn1ett's rune- M
Feer contributes the interesting inte-Iiger,e tfa-
TfcpLfns was sent 20 Ship Island by General But
Is- for printing the words OF The Bonnie Bus
Flag" Though Dixie came 70 rc looked Upc7
as chcracteristicaIiv song os the South TIE
hearts OF the Northern people never grew cold
toward it. President lincoln loved II. and today
is the most popular song in the country, 1~-e-
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