170. secession song — Dixie land.
The popular “Dixie land” has been adopted by the Secessionists, instead of the “Star-spangled Banner,” as their National song. The Huntsville (Ala.) Examiner gives the version sung in that State:--Away down South, in the Carolina,
They have guns and the ready rhino;
Look away! look away I look away I Dixie Land!
They've the men to do the fighting--
There's no use in scratchina and bitina;
Hooray! hooray! hooray! Dixie Land!
chorus.
Oh, I'm glad I am in Dixie! Hooray! hooray!
In Dixie Land I take my stand,
To live and die in Dixie!
Away! away! away down South in Dixie!
Away! away! away down South in Dixie!
The sovereign State of Alabama
Will try her hand before they lam her;
Look away! look away! look away! Dixie Land!
So will our Mississippi brother,
And Georgia, too, our mortal mother;
Hooray! hooray! hooray! Dixie land!
And Louisiana then will come,
And Texas, too, will help us some;
Look away! look away! look away! Dixie Land!
And Arkansaw, with her tooth-picker,
Will help us out a little quicker;
Get away I get away! get away! Dixie Land!
And next, Old North Carolina State,
And, after that, what's good and great;
Hooray! hooray! hooray! Dixie Land!
When Lincoln gets on a Southern brake,
We'll give him a touch of the rattlesnake;
Get away! get away! get away! Dixie Land!
