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The defiant "In Dixie Land I'll take my stand / To live and die in Dixie" were the only lines used with any consistency. The tempo also quickened, as the song was a useful quickstep tune. Confederate soldiers, by and large, preferred these war versions to the original minstrel lyrics.
The Union also adapted Southern songs. In a Union variation of "Dixie", instead of the line "I wish I was in the land of cotton, old times there are not forgotten, Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land", it was changed to "Away down South in the land of traitors, Rattlesnakes and alligators, Right away, come away, right away, come away ...
M. E. Garrison's Map of Dixie published in 1909. This version of Dixie only includes states within the Southeast, omitting traditionally included states such as Texas or Virginia. Dixie, also known as Dixieland or Dixie's Land, is a nickname for all or part of the Southern United States.
Description: I Wish I Was In Dixie's Land, 1860. Note: I Wish I Was In Dixie's Land, better known as Dixie, was written by Daniel Decatur Emmett in 1859 as a closing song for the Bryant Minstrels' performance in New York City.
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Hurrah! for our Dixie Land! Hurrah! for our borders! Southern boys to arms will stand, And whip the dark marauders! 2. Yankee Doodles soundly slept Upon their greasy pillows, While Dixie boys, with muffled oars, Were gliding o'er the billows. 3. Yankee Doodles, grease your heels, Make ready to be running, For Dixie boys are near at hand,
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