Dixieland You Will Never Die lyrics

Song information

Artist: Lynn Anderson
Album: All The King's Horses

Lyrics

The shutters are cracked and dry now
And the roof lets the rain seep in;
The old four walls are ready to fall
And the sign reads, "this house condemned."

Once a mighty plantation
When a nation was at war;
When mothers prayed for sons that went away
And cried for ones that came back no more

But oh, if this house could talk, lord
Of dixieland's final days;
Before they tear her down, before she hits the ground
I'll bet this is what she would say:

Early on one frosty morn, they raised my timbers and I was born;
Lord, I remember the day;
The mighty oak became my soul, the delta dawn kept me from the cold
Lord, lord, look away

I've seen history, robert e. lee, and johnny reb hold his head up high;
They can tear me down, down, down
But dixieland, you will never die

The garden gate is rusty
And the well's dusty and dry;
The magnolia trees are swayin' in the breeze
As if to hang their heads and cry

The ballroom is quiet and empty
Where the bands once used to play;
And the battlefields are resting and still
With the ghosts of the blue and the gray

This house has seen it all, lord
As time kept marching on;
But I'll bet these walls can recall
A story all their own

I've seen king cotton touch the sky, and riverboats floatin' by
On their way to new orleans;
I've bowed with people standin' tall, with their backs pushed up
Against the wall
Getting' by on hopes and dreams

I've seen southern belles _____ ____ ___
And ________ with their heads held high
They can tear me down, down, down
But dixieland, you will never die

Dixieland, you will never die

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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