[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]
A popular song from 1914
Words by Lucius Pratt
Music by George L. Cobb
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- The day is breaking, the folks are waking
My feet are shaking, my heart is aching
Just to join that gala day throng
It’s a jolly day, it’s a holiday
The sun is risin’ on the horizon
Just hear that singing, just hear that ringing
All the church bells raggin’ grand
It’s a holiday in Dixieland
Chorus
Join that holiday crowd
Hear that band playin’ loud
See that raggy leader a-leadin’ the band
Come on! Come on!
Come on and join the chorus
See those darkies buck and wingin’
Oh! can’t you understand
That I’ve just got my pay
Oh! you, Hip, hip hurrah
It’s a holiday in Dixieland
- Oh, Halleluja, here comes my Julia
We’ll soon be meeting and soon be greeting
Everybody we ever knew
Dear old Mammy Lou, dear old daddy, too
The band’s a-playin, the mule’s a-brayin’
The folks are dancin’, the darkies prancin’
Start those church bells raggin’ grand
It’s a holiday in Dixieland