Marching to Dixie

DESCRIPTION: "Some six or seven years ago this country looked forlorn, A God-forsaken country as sure as you are born," but the Mormons have taken St. George and made it into a good homw "As they came marching to Dixie" [Utah's Dixie region]
AUTHOR: Charles L. Walker (source: Cheney-MormonSongs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1960 (Cheney-MormonSongs)
KEYWORDS: home derivative | Mormon
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cheney-MormonSongs, pp. 116-117, "Marching to Dixie" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10851
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Marching Through Georgia" (tune) and references there
NOTES [17 words]: For St. George, Utah, and other songs about it, see the notes to "Saint George and the Drag-On." - RBW
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File: ChMS116

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