Is It True What They Say About Dixie? - Clark Terry Quintet, Clark Terry, Don Friedman

People brag, people boast

And consistently drink a toast

To a place that a lot of them place on top of the heap

Are they wrong?

Are they right?

Is there reason for their delight?

I must live in doubt till the day that I find out

Is it true what they say about Dixie?

Does that sun really shine all the time?

Do them sweet magnolias blossom

Round everybody’s door?

Do folks keep eatin' possom

Till they cain’t eat no more?

Is it true what they say about the Swanee?

Is the dream by that stream so sublime?

Do they laugh, do they love

Like they say in every song?

If they do, that’s where I belong

(partly said, partly sung)

Now if you like a sweet magnolia lane

Gals as sweet as sugar cane

Then hop the nearest choo choo train

'Cause it’s all aboard for Dixie

If you like to hear that southern drawl

And gals who say «I loves ya-all,»

Then they ain’t no use for you to stall

You better get on down to Dixie

And if you like to hear them melodies

With old Virginnia harmonies

And «Mammy» songs on bended knees

It’s time you went to Dixie

And if you like that real hospitality

The B-flat blues and General Lee

They ain’t no other place to be

Just fly on down to Dixie

Now when you’re 'round that there Swanee shore

You just go and knock on any door

And then ask them who won that civil war

'Cause they gonna' tell you down in Dixie

I’m gonna' pack my shoes and walkin' stick

My cotton shirt and my banjo pick

If you need me, you can reach me quick

I’m on my way to Dixie

(sung)

'Cause it’s true what they say about Dixie

Uh — huh that sun really shines all the time

And them sweet magnolias blossom

'Round everybody’s door

And the folks keep eatin' possom

Till they can’t eat no more

Uh — huh it’s true what they say about old Swanee

Yes, a dream by that stream is so sublime

And they laugh, and they love

Like they say in every song

Yes, it’s true, and it’s mine all mine!