"Summer Time in Dixie" (1899)
Words and Music by
Hattie Nevada
[pseud. for Mrs. Harriet Nevada Hicks Woodbury, 1861-1953]
Published by
The Kansas City
Talking Maching Co.
  Kansas City, U.S.A. [Missouri]
[Source: www.myspace.com/hattienevada/]

1. O I’se wandered far away from home, an’ de ole folks loved so true,
Lef’ my dear ole Mammy weepin’ Lef’ my dear ole Daddy too,
But I’se nebber seed a spot on earth whar I would rather stay,
than my happy home in Dixie whar de birds sing all de day.

CHORUS [sung after each VERSE]
When de Blue birds swing high up in de willers
An’ de roses bloom again around de door,
Den I know dat it’s summer time in Dixie,
Yes it’s summer ’long de Lousiana shore.

2. At de Quarters many a night we’d dance till de chickens crow’d fer day;
Dar was good ole uncle Sambo an’ he made us mighty gay,
When he’d fiddle up an ole time tune an’ den we’d hear him sing,
O it’s summer time in Dixie an’ de Blue birds on de wing.

3. O I’se dreaming ob de cabin old an’ dem happy days ob yore,
Ob de scrapin’ ob de fiddles an’ de dancin’ on de shore,
Tho’ I’se feeble now, I longs to go an’ hear dem darkies sing,
O it’s summer time in Dixie an’ de Blue birds on de wing.