Dixie's Land

An Ohio-born minstrel show composer, Daniel Decatur Emmett, wrote the song called "Dixie's Land", first published by Phillip Werlein in New Orleans in 1859. It was premiered, in October, 1859 in a blackface minstrel show in New York City, where it was sung in pseudo-black dialect, and quickly gained wide recognition. The song was a favorite of Abraham Lincoln's and was played at his inauguration in 1861. The tune popularly became known simply as "Dixie".

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Ohio - Minstrel show - Daniel Decatur Emmett - Phillip Werlein - New Orleans - 1859 - Blackface - New York City - Abraham Lincoln - Inauguration - 1861

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During the American Civil War the popular song was adopted as an anthem of the Confederacy, and many identify the lyrics of the song with the iconography and ideology of the Old South. Some have considered it an unofficial "national anthem" of the South ? often regarded as the Southern counterpart to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". In modern times, many African Americans consider it offensive and the act of singing it to be sympathetic to the concept of slavery in the American South.

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American Civil War - Confederacy - Old South - National anthem - The Battle Hymn of the Republic - African Americans - Slavery - American South

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As with many anthems, the chorus and first verse are heard much more often than the later verses. There are other versions that more explicitly tie the song to the events of the civil war.

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See also: Dixie

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