Dan Emmett

Daniel Decatur Emmett (October 29, 1815 – June 28, 1904) was an American composer, entertainer, and founder of the first troupe of the blackface minstrel tradition, the Virginia Minstrels. He is most remembered as the composer of the song "Dixie".

Quotes

"Dixie", by the West Point Band

• 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',
     Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land!
  Den I wish I was in Dixie! Hooray! Hooray!
  In Dixie's Land we'll take our stand, to lib an' die in Dixie.
  Away! away! away down South in Dixie.
  Away! away! away down South in Dixie.
  • "Dixie" (1859), in C. B. Galbreath, Daniel Decatur Emmet (1904), p. 14

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Dan Emmett on Wikipedia