I'SE GWINE BACK TO DIXIE
Charles A White  1874

as recorded by Lee Morse (vocal & guitar)

also recorded by -
The Edison Male Quartet 1902
The Haydn Quartet 1906
Kitty Cheatham 1916
Alma Gluck 1917
Uncle Dave Macon & his Fruit Jar Drinkers 1927
Harry MacDonough


I's gwine back to Dixie,
I's gwine back to Dixie,
I's gwinw where the orange blossoms grow.
I hear them children calling,
I see them sad tears falling;
My heart's turned back to Dixie
And I must go!

I's gwine back to Dixie,
No more I'm gwine to wander,
I's gwine where the cotton blossom grow.
I miss the old plantation,
My home and my relation,
My heart's turned back to Dixie
And I must go!

I's gwine back to Dixie,
I's gwine back to Dixie,
I's gwinw where the orange blossom grow.
I hear them children calling,
I see them sad tears falling;
My heart turns back to Dixie
And I must go!

I've hoed in fields of cotton,
I've worked upon the river.
I used to think if I got west
I'd go back there, no never!
But time has changed the old man,
His head as bending low,
My heart turns back to Dixie
And I must go!

I's gwine back to Dixie,
I's gwine back to Dixie,
I's gwinw where the orange blossoms grow.
I see them sad tears falling,
I hear them children calling;
My heart turns back to Dixie
And I must go!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - January 2013)