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The following Pro- Southern version or adaptation to Emmett’s version was penned by Albert Pike, an Arkansas planter and a Confederate General.
Southrons, hear your country call you Up! lest worse than death befall you To arms! to arms! to arms! in Dixie!
Lo! all the beacons fires are lighted, Lo! all the hearts now be united To arms! […]
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Contained here are the original lyrics to “Dixie” as performed by Dan Emmett with Bryant’s Minstrels. Later, he omitted the first verse to avoid offending devout listeners.
Dis worl’ was made in jiss six days, An finish up in various ways; Look away, look away, look away! Dixie Land.
Dey den made dixie trim an’ nice, But […]
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Ever since the time of Tecumseh and the horrible curse that was supposidly cast upon the Presidency of the United States by that tribe, there has been an assassination of the 0 year elected president, until President Reagan who survived his attempted assassination. Pretty Freaky, huh?
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If the United States had lost men during WWII, at the same rate the Confederacy did during the Civil War, we would not have lost 400,000 souls, we would have lost closer to 4.5 million souls. A pretty stagering figure if you ask me. This figure is based on just the Confederacy and does not […]
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Since my last blog ended with Custer at Appottomax…I thought it was appropriate to share the actual words of Grant when writing about what happened between the two Generals. Contained here are his actual words:
When I put my pen to the paper I did not know the first word that I should make use of […]
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