THAT SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY (WHEN YOU'RE DOWN IN DIXIE)
(Chas. McCarron / Raymond Walker,   1915)


I love to meet a man and take him by the hand 
if he's from Dixie from dear old Dixie 
Because in Dixie land the people treat you grand. 
They've got that Southern Hospitality, 
Gee, there's something the matter with you 
If you can really be lonesome and blue in Dixie.

You'll find a welcome there on every easy chair 
When you're in Dixie 
In dear old Dixie 
And when you get a meal, you get a meal that's real 
With good old sweet potatoes Southern style, 
While there's nothing the matter with me 
I know a little bit better I'd be in Dixie.

When you're down in Dixie, 
In a town in Dixie, 
With its Southern ways, 
Its "Home and Mother" days 
In their arms they take you 
Right at home, they make you. 
Oh, oh, oh, you're always pickin' on a chicken 
When you're down in Dixie 
In a town in Dixie 
You're welcome, you're welcome to all you see, 
And the population's at the station there 
When your train pulls in from "Any where" 
They're always glad to see you, take it from me 
It's that Southern Hospitality.