Way Down in Dixie



'Way down in Dixie!

'Way down in Dixie where the cotton grows,

Sing a song, blow along, O-O-O!



'Way down in Dixie!

'Way down in Dixie, oh, I had a gal,

Sing a song, blow along, O-O-O!



Her name it was Fore-tops'l Nell,



She was so dark she broke me heart,



She had black eyes an' a lovely nose,



Oh, around the world l had to sail.



But l'm as tough as a six-inch nail.

When l got back, she'd done me down.



She'd ran off wid a circus clown.



If I could cotch that thievin' [sneakin'] tyke.



I'd give him one wid a marline-spike.



But I left her there an' sailed away.



From Shanties from the Seven Seas, Hugill

note: halyard shanty

@sailor @work @love @parting

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