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