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Current version of Tom Lehrer Lyrics I Wanna go Back to Dixie (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/tom-lehrer/i-wanna/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of Tom Lehrer Lyrics I Wanna go Back to Dixie (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/tom-lehrer/i-wanna/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||
| I wanna go back to Dixie, | I wanna go back to Dixie, | |||||||||||
| Take me back to dear ol' Dixie, | Take me back to dear ol' Dixie, | |||||||||||
| That's the only li'l ol' place for li'l ol' me. | That's the only li'l ol' place for li'l ol' me. | |||||||||||
| Ol' times there are not forgotten, | Ol' times there are not forgotten, | |||||||||||
| Whuppin' slaves and pickin' cotton, | Whuppin' slaves and pickin' cotton, | |||||||||||
| And waitin' for the Robert E. Lee. | And waitin' for the Robert E. Lee. | |||||||||||
| (It was never there on time.) | (It was never there on time.) | |||||||||||
| I'll go back to the Swanee, | I'll go back to the Swanee, | |||||||||||
| Where pellagra makes you scrawny, | Where pellagra makes you scrawny, | |||||||||||
| And the Honeysuckle clutters up the vine | And the Honeysuckle clutters up the vine | |||||||||||
| I really am a-fixin' | I really am a-fixin' | |||||||||||
| To go home and start a-mixin' | To go home and start a-mixin' | |||||||||||
| Down below that Mason-Dixon line. | Down below that Mason-Dixon line. | |||||||||||
| Oh, poll tax, how I love ya, how I love ya, | Oh, poll tax, how I love ya, how I love ya, | |||||||||||
| My dear old poll tax. | My dear old poll tax. | |||||||||||
| Won'tcha come with me to Alabammy, | Won'tcha come with me to Alabammy, | |||||||||||
| Back to the arms of my dear ol' Mammy, | Back to the arms of my dear ol' Mammy, | |||||||||||
| Her cookin's lousy and her hands are clammy, | Her cookin's lousy and her hands are clammy, | |||||||||||
| But what the hell, it's home. | But what the hell, it's home. | |||||||||||
| Yes, for paradise the Southland is my nominee. | Yes, for paradise the Southland is my nominee. | |||||||||||
| Jes' give me a ham hock and a grit of hominy. | Jes' give me a ham hock and a grit of hominy. | |||||||||||
| I wanna go back to Dixie | I wanna go back to Dixie | |||||||||||
| I wanna be a dixie pixie | I wanna be a dixie pixie | |||||||||||
| And eat cornpone 'til it's comin' outta my ears | And eat cornpone 'til it's comin' outta my ears | |||||||||||
| I wanna talk with Southern gentlemen | I wanna talk with Southern gentlemen | |||||||||||
| And put my white sheet on again, | And put my white sheet on again, | |||||||||||
| I ain't seen one good lynchin' in years. | I ain't seen one good lynchin' in years. | |||||||||||
| The land of the boll weevil, | The land of the boll weevil, | |||||||||||
| Where the laws are medieval, | Where the laws are medieval, | |||||||||||
| 1 | Is callin' me to come and nevermore roam. | Is callin' me to come and evermore roam. | 1 | |||||||||
| I wanna go back to the Southland, | I wanna go back to the Southland, | |||||||||||
| That "y'all" and | That "y'all" and | |||||||||||
| "shet-ma-mouth" land, | "shet-ma-mouth" land, | |||||||||||
| Be it ever so decadent, | Be it ever so decadent, | |||||||||||
| There's no place like home. | There's no place like home. | |||||||||||
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