{"id":5532,"date":"2025-12-23T15:07:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5532"},"modified":"2025-12-23T15:07:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:07:49","slug":"youll-find-old-dixieland-in-france","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/youll-find-old-dixieland-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;ll Find Old Dixieland in France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Introduced in Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic, 1918<br>Words by Grant Clarke<br>Music by George W. Meyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Youll-Find-Old-Dixieland-in-France-1918.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of You&apos;ll Find Old Dixieland in France - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4d2e4ee1-083d-4301-8b63-f06055fb8cba\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Youll-Find-Old-Dixieland-in-France-1918.pdf\">You&#8217;ll Find Old Dixieland in France &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Youll-Find-Old-Dixieland-in-France-1918.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4d2e4ee1-083d-4301-8b63-f06055fb8cba\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a4ec9665-f16a-43e5-8cae-80d121df7e9a\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Youll_Find_Old_Dixieland_In_France_1918_s_JPP.mid\">Youll_Find_Old_Dixieland_In_France &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Youll_Find_Old_Dixieland_In_France_1918_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a4ec9665-f16a-43e5-8cae-80d121df7e9a\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No more darkies on the Swanee shore<br>No more singin&#8217; round the cabin door<br>Dixie ain&#8217;t Dixie now, I vow<br>In the village all the streets are bare<br>Doesn&#8217;t seem to be a soul down there<br>It made me blue somehow<br>I asked Old Mammy Gray<br>And then I heard her say<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>&#8220;You remember Dancin&#8217; Mose?<br>Folks all called him &#8220;Tickle Toes&#8221;<br>You&#8217;ll find him &#8220;Over There&#8221; in France<br>Alexander&#8217;s Band left old Dixieland<br>They used to play the &#8220;lovin&#8217; blues&#8221; for everyone<br>Now they&#8217;re plain&#8217; blues upon a Gatling Gun<br>Don&#8217;t forget &#8220;Old Shimme Sam&#8221;<br>Famous boy from Alabam&#8217;<br>He marched away in khaki pants<br>Instead of pickin&#8217; melons off the vine<br>They&#8217;re pickin&#8217; Germans off the Rhine<br>You&#8217;ll find old Dixieland in France&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Every evening when the starshells gleam<br>You&#8217;re in Alabama it would seem<br>You&#8217;ll hear the same old coons play tunes<br>Billy Johnson with his pet banjo<br>Doesn&#8217;t mind it when the shells hit low<br>He simply sits and croons<br>The strains of &#8220;Over There&#8221;<br>Came floating on the air<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus:<br>&#8220;You remember Dancin&#8217; Mose?<br>Folks all called him &#8220;Tickle Toes&#8221;<br>You&#8217;ll find him &#8220;Over There&#8221; in France<br>Alexander&#8217;s Band left old Dixieland<br>They used to play the &#8220;lovin&#8217; blues&#8221; for everyone<br>Now they&#8217;re plain&#8217; blues upon a Gatling Gun<br>Don&#8217;t forget &#8220;Old Shimme Sam&#8221;<br>Famous boy from Alabam&#8217;<br>He marched away in khaki pants<br>And with Abe Lincoln in their memory<br>They&#8217;ve gone to fight for Liberty<br>You&#8217;ll find old Dixieland in France&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] Introduced in Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic, 1918Words by Grant ClarkeMusic by George W. 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