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Dixie is sampled in the film scores of a great many American feature films, often to signify Confederate troops and the American Civil War. For example, Max Steiner quotes the song in the opening scene of his late 1930s score to Gone with the Wind as a down-beat nostalgic instrumental to set the scene and Ken Burns makes use of instrumental ...
Dixie is the historical nickname for the states making up the Confederate States of America. [6] The song's opening stanza refers to one of George Stoneman's raids behind Confederate lines attacking the railroads of Danville, Virginia, at the end of the Civil War in 1865: Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train
The lyrics of the song contain references to such Civil War Generals as Henry Wager Halleck, George B. McClellan, Michael Corcoran, and others. The first verse and chorus are: We’re going down to Dixie, to Dixie, to Dixie, We’re going down to Dixie, to fight for the dear old Flag; And should we fall in Dixie, in Dixie, in Dixie,
"Dixie" — a popular folk song about the southern United States. "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" — a marching hymn of the Union Army during the American Civil War; [1] and "All My Trials" — a Bahamian lullaby related to African American spirituals and widely used by folk music revivalists
The song immediately became popular across the country and was claimed by both Northern and Southern troops during the Civil War. Dixie's lyrics caused many to accuse Emmett of southern sympathies, despite his family's long history of opposing slavery.
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Dixie Doodle is a parody of Yankee Doodle in the South at the time of the American Civil War. It was written in 1862 by Margaret Weir, published in New Orleans, and dedicated to "our dear Soldiers on the Battle Field". [1] Cover of the 1862 sheet music published by Werlein & Halsey
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