Oh, if you've ever seen that ole Mississippi The queen of the delta land Then you'll understand why I've got the blues for Dixie If you've ever been to Tennessee when Those old cotton fields were white in pale moon light Then you've had the blues for Dixie If you've seen the glamor of an Alabama moon shinin' in the sky If you've got a baby in Birmingham Maybe you'll know the reason why That I'm gonna be blue till I'm on that choo-choo Headin' south again, there goes that train That's leavin' me blue for Dixie