ARE YOU FROM DIXIE?

HELLO THERE STRANGER! HOW DO YOU DO?

THERE'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SAY TO YOU

NOW DON'T BE SURPRISED, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED

I'M NO DETECTIVE BUT I'VE JUST SURMISED.

YOU'RE FROM THE PLACE WHERE I LONG TO BE,

YOUR SMILING FACE SEEM TO SAY TO ME

YOU'RE FROM MY HOME LAND, SUNNY HOMELAND,

NOW TELL ME CAN IT BE

THAT YOU FROM DIXIE, I SAID FROM DIXIE!

WHERE THE FIELDS OF COTTON BECKON TO ME.

I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU, TELL ME HOW BE YOU

AND THE FRIENDS I'M LONGING TO SEE

ARE YOU'RE FROM ALABAMA, TENNESSEE OR CAROLINE

ANY PLACE BELOW THE MASON DIXON LINE,

ARE YOU FROM DIXIE, I SAID FROM DIXIE!

'CAUSE I'M FROM DIXIE TOO!

IT WAS A WAY BACK IN EIGHTY NINE,

I CROSSED THAT OLD MASON DIXON LINE

GEE BUT I'VE YEARNED, LONGED TO RETURN

TO THAT OLD PLACE THAT I LEFT BEHIND.

MY HOME IS WAY DOWN IN ALABAM'

ON A PLANTATION NEAR BIRMINGHAM,

THERE'S ONE THING'S CERTAIN, I'M ALWAYS FLIRTIN'

WITH THOSE SOUTH-BOUND TRAINS.

THAT RUN TO DIXIE.. I SAID TO DIXIE!

WHERE THE FIELDS OF COTTON BECKON TO ME.

I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU, TELL ME HOW BE YOU

AND THE FRIENDS I'M LONGING TO SEE

ARE YOU FROM ALABAMA, TENNESSEE OR CAROLINE

ANY PLACE BELOW THE MASON DIXON LINE,

ARE YOU FROM DIXIE, I SAID FROM DIXIE!

'CAUSE I'M FROM DIXIE TOO!