Oh, now, now, now, come up If you've ever seen that old 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 moonlight 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 'til I'm on that old choo-choo Headin' down south again, there goes that train That's leavin' me blue for Dixie Yeah, Jodie 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 'til I'm on that choo-choo Headin' down south again, there goes that train That's leavin' me blue for Dixie