Sheet Music, 1910-1919
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0347
Description
Cover: drawing of Soldiers; photo inset of Eddie Cantor; Publisher: Waterson Berlin and Snyder Co. (New York)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States
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Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
See the folks all arrayed? They're dressed up, for the parade; The Dixie boys are on their way, They're goin' to sail this very day; You can tell at a glance, They're anxious to get to France; And you can bet they'll do their share, when they get over there.
Chorus
Let's all give three cheers, For the Dixie Volunteers; See those great big Southern laddies, Just like their dear old daddies; They are proud to go, And they want the world to know; They're coming! they're coming! From the land of Old Black Joe; Peaceful sons have shouldered guns, And now they're going to be, Fighting men like Stonewall Jackson and like Robert E. Lee; When they hit that line; And they cross the River Rhine; You'll wish you came from Dixie, With the Dixie Volunteers. Let's all give three cheers, For the Dixie Volunteers; See those great big Southern laddies, Just like their dear old daddies; They are proud to go, And they want the world to know; They're coming! they're coming! From the land of Old Black Joe; Peaceful sons have shouldered guns, And now they're going to be, Fighting men like Stonewall Jackson and like Robert E. Lee; When they hit that line; And they cross the River Rhine; You'll wish you came from Dixie, With the Dixie Volunteers.
Second verse
They are all full of pep, Just see those boys keep in step; Behind their regimental band, They're playing tunes from Dixieland; See the smile on each face? They'll give that Kaiser a chase; They'll hand the enemy a scare, when they get over there.
(Chorus)
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