1st verse:]

I'm very glad

I'm very glad

Because a train I'm takin'

To that ne'er forgotten or forsaken

Sunny land of cotton, down to the town I was born

I'm glad I had

I'm glad I had

Enough to buy a ticket

Now I hope that there will be no pause

Let me tell you the reason is because:



[chorus:]

I want to be

I want to be

I want to be down home in Dixie



Where the hens are doggone glad to lay

Scrambled eggs in the new mown hay



You ought to see

You ought to see

You ought to see my home in Dixie



You can tell the world I'm going to

D-I-X-I don't know how to spell it

But I'm goin'

You bet I'm goin'

To my home in Dixieland



[2nd verse:]

Conductor man

Conductor man

I'm kind o' hard of hearin'

So just fix it when the train is nearin'

Dear old Dixie, better shout, holler out, good and loud

Conductor man

Conductor man

I'm goin' to fall asleep now

Tell the motorman to start the train

Let me tell you when I wake up again