Daniel Decatur Emmett

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    I wish I was in de land ob cotton,
    Old times dar am not forgotten,
    Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.
    In Dixie Land whar I was born in
    Early on one frosty mornin’,
    Daniel Decatur Emmett (1815–1904)

    To spend the time luxuriously
    Becomes not men of worth.
    —Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)

    To lib and die in Dixie!
    Away, away, away down South in Dixie!
    —Daniel Decatur Emmett (1815–1904)