Transcript Kirsten J.

Kirsten
#9
Jorgensen
Presentation of a song
used in the Civil War time
period!
“Dixie”
Before I tell you what “Dixie” means and how it relates to the Civil War time
period, here is part of the song with lyrics!
What the song “Dixie” means
The song “Dixie” means contrary to all the people that are performers and
abolitionists, slaves were not interested in trading slavery for freedom. These
lines explains it from the song : they wished they were in “Dixie land, Hooray!
Hooray!” Some folks wanted the South to win the song “Dixie” for their
National Anthem and so in the South it became known as an extraordinary
region that had built it’s economy on slave labor/work. It stretched from
Virginia, south to Florida and to the west of Texas! The union and the
Confederates fought who would get the song for there National Anthem too,
and this is all because of the song “Dixie”, it was a really popular song at that
time!
How “Dixie” is related to the Civil War Time
Period
The song “Dixie” relates to the Civil war time period because the song was
very popular at the time! The Confederates and the Union fought to get
“Dixie” for there national anthem, but almost as quickly “Dixie” became a
hit, it became a big problem. Everything has changed now that “Dixie” has
become a big issue between the north and the south!
Confederate
Civil War
Union
The song “Dixie” goes to the South for their
National Anthem
After all the ruckus from the Union and the Confederates fighting, it had
paid off for the south! It became the National Anthem for the south after it
was played at the inauguration of Jefferson Davis, as president of the
confederacy! When the Confederates won the song, Northerner Francis J.
Crosby answered with a set of pro-Union lyrics:
On! ye patriots to the battle
Hear Fort Moultrie's canon rattle
Then away, then away, then away to the fight!
Go meet those Southern Traitors with iron will
And should your courage falter boys
Remember Bunker Hill
Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!
The stars and stripes forever!
Hurrah! Hurrah! Our Union shall not sever!
There are a few versions of “Dixie”, but this is the full version of the song and if you see
the other parts of the lyrics from the same song, they are just pieces of this song put
separate for different emotions and feelings! Written by: Daniel Decatur Emmett
I wish I was in the land of cotton, Old times dar am not forgotten, Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land. In Dixie Land whar’ I was born in,
Early on one frosty mornin’, Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.
CHORUS: Den I wish I was in Dixie, Hoo-ray! Hoo-ray! In Dixie land, I’ll take my stand to live and die in Dixie; Away, away, away down south in Dixie,
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
Old Missus marry Will-de-weaber, Willium was a gay deceaber; Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land. But when he put his arm around ‘er
Smiled as fierce as a forty-pounder, Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.
CHORUS: Den I wish I was in Dixie, Hoo-ray! Hoo-ray! In Dixie land, I’ll take my stand to live and die in Dixie; Away, away, away down south in Dixie,
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
His face was sharp as a butcher’s cleaver, But dat did not seem to greab ‘er; Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land. Old Missus acted the
foolish part, And died for a man dat broke her heart, Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.
CHORUS: Den I wish I was in Dixie, Hoo-ray! Hoo-ray! In Dixie land, I’ll take my stand to live and die in Dixie; Away, away, away down south in Dixie,
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
Now here’s a health to the next old Missus, And all the gals dat want to kiss us; Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land. But if you want to
drive ‘way sorrow, Come and hear dis song to-morrow,
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.
CHORUS: Den I wish I was in Dixie, Hoo-ray! Hoo-ray! In Dixie land, I’ll take my stand to live and die in Dixie; Away, away, away down south in Dixie,
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
Dar’s buckwheat cakes an’ Injun batter, Makes you fat or a little fatter; Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land. Den hoe it down and scratch
your grabble, To Dixie’s land I’m bound to trabble, Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.
CHORUS: Den I wish I was in Dixie, Hoo-ray! Hoo-ray! In Dixie land, I’ll take my stand to live and die in Dixie; Away, away, away down south in Dixie,
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
This is something I found really interesting! Since the Confederacy has won
the song “Dixie”(With the original lyrics) for there national anthem, the
Union had made up there own lyrics and here are pictures/a copy of their
song and notes!
This is the song from the northerner’s called Dixie
For The Union since they didn’t win the song “Dixie”!
This is the song from the Confederates, “Dixie” They won the
Song so they kept they lyrics for there national anthem!
Abraham Lincoln’s reaction to the song
“Dixie”
Abraham Lincoln loved the song since he first heard it at a show by the
Rumsey and Newcomb Minstrels in Chicago, 1860. A person in the crowd
who was also attending the show said that when Dixie Land was playing
Lincoln clapped and shouted “Let’s have it again!”
Lincoln had cheered for the Unions so Lincoln requested to have a military
band on board the River Queen and play the song Dixie Land.
Personal opinion's of the song “Dixie”
During the argument between the Union and the Confederacy there were a
few arguments and disagreements. Some Southerners were disturbed how
“Dixie” was an underserved status and thought more extreme solutions. For
instance, a Southerner stated “It smells too strongly to be the high leveled
national song”. Although many people enjoyed the lovely tune and
continued to play it.
How the song “Dixie” reached the
Confederates
“Dixie” caught onto the South slowly. The Yankees were not enthusiastic
for minstrelsy and therefore the Southerners were unaware of the song until
late 1860. As soon as it reached the South the song quickly spread. It was
even played at President Jefferson’s Davis inauguration. The song Dixie got
the president’s approval and it became the Confederate’s National Anthem.
A little bit of Information About the Writer
of the Song “Dixie”: Daniel Decatur Emmett
Emmett was eighteen when he lied his way into the army by saying he was
21 years old, the age you have to be at the time. The army gave Emmitt the
opportunity to develop his music. He studied the drum and soon he
became the Master. In 1835 he was discovered that he was under age and
got kicked out from the army. So he joined the circus. He played in the
orchestra and began composing songs and tunes. The first song was called
Bill Crowden, but wasn’t really s big hit. His talent got better and soon
began to play the banjo. Where he soon discovered the song, “I Wish I Was
In Dixie” in 1859.
Bibliography
www.Shmoop.com Author: Daniel Dectur Emmett
http://Opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com Author: Christian
Mcwhirter
www.Nativeground.com Author: Wayne Erbsen
www.Civilwarhome.com That’s were I found the song
“Dixie”
www.Google.com
www.Youtube.com