i m a headin back to dixie that s the place i long to be where the cotton grows and the suwanee flows that s home sweet home to me where they meet you and they greet you with the sweetest how you are well shut my mouth i m a headin south on the dixie cannon ball on the dixie cannonball on the dixie cannonball just listen to the whistle it ll thrill you one and all and i know there s some one waitin with the sweetest how you are well shut my mouth i m a headin south on the dixie cannonball when i cross them smokey mountains i ll be countin every mile when the whistle blows i ll be on my toes and i ll shuffle down the aisle and i know i ll not be lonesome when i see them treetops tall on the dixie cannonball on the dixie cannonball on the dixie cannonball just listen to the whistle it ll thrill you one and all and i know there s some one waitin with the sweetest how you are well shut my mouth i m a headin south on the dixie cannonball yes i m goin back to dixie that s the place i long to be where the cotton grows and the suwanee flows that s home sweet home to me where they meet you and they greet you with the sweetest how you are well shut my mouth i m a headin south on the dixie cannon ball on the dixie cannonball on the dixie cannonball just listen to the whistle it ll thrill you one and all and i know there s some one waitin with the sweetest how you are well shut my mouth i m a headin south on the dixie cannonball