Circa 1850s-1860s music

(Published 1859 by DANIEL DECATUR EMMETT written expressly for Bryant's Minstrels)

 Later versions were called "Dixie (I Wish I was In Dixie)" and eventually became established as the classic "Dixie Land"


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