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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.14 (search)
should be treated as one, although Dixie was written two years before the commencement of the war, and as originally written there was not a line that could be charged with any political hearing. The crowning popularity of this well-known ditty was secured in New Orleans in the spring of 1861, when Mrs John Wood played an engagement at the Varieties Theatre. Pocahontas, by John Brougham, was the attraction, and in the last scene a zouave march was introduced. Carlo Patti, brother of Adalina Patti, was the leader of the orchestra. At the rehearsal Carlo was at a loss as to what air to appropriate. Crowning triumph. Trying several, he finally hit upon Dixie. Tom McDonough shouted:That will do—the very thing; play it to-night. Mrs. John Wood, Mark Smith, Loffingwell, and John Owens were delighted. Night came, the Zouaves marched on, led by Miss Susan Denin, singing I wish I was in Dixie. The audience became wild with delight and seven encores were demanded. Soon after th