Dixieland (You Will Never Die)

Well the shutters are cracked and dry now

And the roof lets the rain seep in

The old four walls are ready to fall

And the sign reads, "This House Condemned."

Once a mighty plantation when a nation was at war

When mothers prayed for sons that went away

And cried for ones that came back no more.

But oh, if this house could talk, Lord of Dixieland's final days

Before they tear her down, before she hits the ground

I'll bet this is what she would say

Early on one frosty morn

They raised my timbers and I was born

Lord, I remember the day

The mighty oak became my soul

The Delta sun kept me from the cold

Lord, Lord, look away (look away).

I've seen history

Robert E. LEE

And Johnny REB hold his head up high

They can tear me down, down, down

But Dixieland, you will never die.

Well the garden gate is rusty

And the well is dusty and dry

The magnolia trees are swayin' in the breeze

As if to hang their heads and cry

The ballroom is quiet and empty

Where the music used to play

And the battlefields are resting and still

With the ghosts of the blue and the gray

This house has seen it all, Lord as time kept marching on

But I'll bet these walls can recall a story all their own

Early on one frosty morn

They raised my timbers and I was born

Lord, I remember the day

The mighty oak became my soul

The Delta sun kept me from the cold

Lord, Lord, look away (look away).

I've seen history

Robert E. LEE

And Johnny REB hold his head up high

They can tear me down, down, down

But Dixieland, you will never die

But Dixieland, you will never die