Dixie, aussi connue sous les appellations I Wish I Was in Dixie ou Dixie's Land, est une chanson populaire américaine. Elle fut à l'origine composée par un chanteur de l'Ohio, Daniel Decatur Emmett, sous le nom de Dixie's Land et fut d'abord éditée par Phillip Werlein à La Nouvelle-Orléans en 1859. Le mot Dixie est le surnom donné au Sud des États-Unis.
Cet air devient très populaire sous le nom de Dixie et est rapidement identifié à l'image nostalgique et à l'idéologie des États du Sud. Il fut l'hymne officieux des soldats confédérés (sudistes), le contrepoint de The Battle Hymn of the Republic des soldats du Nord lors de la guerre de Sécession.
Le chœur et le premier vers sont encore bien connus d'une grande partie du Sud des États-Unis. On entend très rarement les vers additionnels.
I wish I was in the land of cotton,
Old times there are not forgotten;
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's Land!
In Dixie's Land where I was born in,
Early on one frosty morning,
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's Land!
(Refrain)
Then I wish I was in Dixie! Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie's 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!
Old Missus married "Will the Weaver";
William was a gay deceiver!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's Land!
But when he put his arm around her,
Smiled as fierce as a forty-pounder!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's Land!
Refrain
His face was sharp as a butcher's cleaver;
But that did not seem to grieve her!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's Land!
Old Missus acted the foolish part
And died for a man that broke her heart!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's Land!
Refrain
Now here's a health to the next old missus
And all the gals that want to kiss us!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's Land!
But if you want to drive away sorrow,
Come and hear this song tomorrow!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's Land!
Refrain
There's buckwheat cakes and Injin batter,
Makes you fat or a little fatter!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's Land!
Then hoe it down and scratch your gravel,
To Dixie's Land I'm bound to travel!
Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie's Land!
Refrain
Une autre version des paroles, beaucoup plus guerrière, fut proposé en par Albert B.