Phil Harris - Is It True What They Say About Dixie lyrics

People brag, people boast And consistently drink a toast To a place that a lot of them place on top of the heap Are they wrong? Are they right? Is there reason for their delight? I must live in doubt till the day that I find out Is it true what they say about Dixie? Does that sun really shine all the time? Do them sweet magnolias blossom Round everybody's door? Do folks keep eatin' possom Till they cain't eat no more? Is it true what they say about the Swanee? Is the dream by that stream so sublime? Do they laugh, do they love Like they say in every song? If they do, that's where I belong (partly said, partly sung) Now if you like a sweet magnolia lane Gals as sweet as sugar cane Then hop the nearest choo choo train 'Cause it's all aboard for Dixie If you like to hear that southern drawl And gals who say "I loves ya-all," Then they ain't no use for you to stall You better get on down to Dixie And if you like to hear them melodies With old Virginnia harmonies And "Mammy" songs on bended knees It's time you went to Dixie And if you like that real hospitality The B-flat blues and General Lee They ain't no other place to be Just fly on down to Dixie Now when you're 'round that there Swanee shore You just go and knock on any door And then ask them who won that civil war 'Cause they gonna' tell you down in Dixie I'm gonna' pack my shoes and walkin' stick My cotton shirt and my banjo pick If you need me, you can reach me quick I'm on my way to Dixie (sung) 'Cause it's true what they say about Dixie Uh - huh that sun really shines all the time And them sweet magnolias blossom 'Round everybody's door And the folks keep eatin' possom Till they can't eat no more Uh - huh it's true what they say about old Swanee Yes, a dream by that stream is so sublime And they laugh, and they love Like they say in every song Yes, it's true, and it's mine all mine!