Dixie - Salt Lake Vocal Artists

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The Salt Lake Vocal Artists perform Southern folk song "Dixie" arranged by J. Allison Snyder in Basilica di San Saturnino, city of Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy, under the direction of Dr. Brady Allred, live in concert on September 13, 2011 as part of the Cagliari Festival Internazionale di Musica Vocale.

Italy Tour: September 7-15, 2011

Text:

Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton,
Old times they are not forgotten;
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.
In Dixie Land where I was born,
Early on one frosty mornin',
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.

Then I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! hooray!
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand to live and die in Dixie,
Away, away, away down South in Dixie,
Away, away, away down South in Dixie.

[DonRamiro]

Dixie is a very beautiful beautiful song and this from a Michigander. The south of the US represents the best of America these days.

[bettierusso]

Tears flowing. My sweet mother sang this to me as a baby. She said we should sing this with meaning and a longing, slow pace as we are mourning for our homes, and those times we have lost. It was this day, 3/27/1989 that we buried her. I have never stopped grieving, and longing for her, and our Dixie land. Until we meet again, I will sing this just like the choir has...with love and longing. Thank you all . God Bless

[annaanderson]

Beautiful!!! Brought tears to my eyes. Long live Dixie ❤️

[eugenephillips]

Perfect! Brought goosebumps. I so love the South. American by birth; Southerner by the Grace of God.

[mraymus]

One of my favorite arrangements of this song. I actually used it, or something similar in a church choir I once led. It's how I got here, I wanted to hear those harmonies again.

[samshide]

Southern men the thunders mutter!
Northern flags in South winds flutter!
To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Send them back your fierce defiance!
Stamp upon the cursed alliance!
To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!

Advance the flag of Dixie! Hurrah! Hurrah!
In Dixie's land we take our stand, and live or die for Dixie!
To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie!
To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie

[robertrock]

Hats over their hearts. Respect and reverence.

[niallmadden]

Beautiful. Love that ye are heard, love hearing you all ❤

[williexlou]

I really missed the people of the South; so genuine and always make time for communion and friendship. Although the cities of San Francisco are packed with people, this feeling of loneliness occupies my mind constantly.

[davidr.gonzalez]

Nice very nice performance; should be in a motion picture this singing version

[zippyzipster]

Well done. Even Lincoln loved this song.

[kellyrobinson]

Perfect. I love all of America, but The South is my home.

[jacksonfolly]

The only rendition of the Dixie on YouTube with lyrics. wth

[Liberty]

Ah yes, the Confederate State of Deseret

[daviddeterly]

Beautiful but maligned song. Nothing racial about it.

[wolfgangholtzclaw]

My father was born in 1918 in Bienville Parish Louisiana. They endured in their suffering. My Grandfather owned some land but he and his wife and his children, meaning my father and his brothers and sisters all picked cotton. We were southern, in the country, presumed ignorant, and white... Just cast off children of a great Republic. We had love, tenderness, Gospel, teaching. My mother told me my father's greatest joy was that we, born after the great WWII, never had to endure the starvation he endured, nor pick the cotton blossom that he and his brothers and sister picked, but rather went to college, and served in life as people with what may be what the old President Abraham Lincoln envisioned.... " a new breath of freedom". My father, as said before is from Bienville Parish Louisiana, but my mother, a German war bride from German Prussia. We only know, education, hard work, belief that God has not forsaken us, and endure and work in a South that to this day is less than it can be, but at the same time more than we even dreamed of. So enjoy this very wonderful presentation of Dixie. I have not desired my bones be buried anywhere but down south in the land that some call shameful and ignorant. But we are not ignorant of love, Christ, Gospel, fellowship, and determination. God bless you today. Peace and love from a Southern born son who is proud to hear "Dixie" and see his name written in the Lamb's book of life!! Peace and love... and his love, meaning Jesus, above all else.