An Article from Aaron's Article ArchiveThe Dixie Song
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Here is one of my web log entries, perhaps from my Yakkity Yak page, What's New page, or one of my Astounding Adventures from my Geocaching section:
The Dixie Song
Wednesday, 31 August 2005 4:15 PM MDT
Yakkity Yak
While at the City of St. George's web site, I came across this little gem:
What a great place to live! Where besides St. George will you find a city mayor willing to share like this? (Dare I mention that I'm related to Mayor Dan? He's my dad's first cousin, so I guess that means we're first cousins, once removed.)
Thanks, Cousin Mayor! I enjoyed the song and had a good chuckle.
I must admit, I've heard Roene DiFiore's The Dixie Song before, when my mother has sung it.
From Mayor Dan's web page, the lyrics are:
[UPDATE 18 Jan. 2010: None of the links here work any more, sadly. If I ever find a copy of the audio or video, I'll try to host a copy on my server directly. Also, I fixed the spelling of Roene DiFiore's name (I'd had it wrong: "de Fiore")]
The Dixie Song sung by Daniel D. McArthur, the mayor of St. George, Utah
Give it a listen. It left me grinning from ear to ear.
What a great place to live! Where besides St. George will you find a city mayor willing to share like this? (Dare I mention that I'm related to Mayor Dan? He's my dad's first cousin, so I guess that means we're first cousins, once removed.)
Thanks, Cousin Mayor! I enjoyed the song and had a good chuckle.
I must admit, I've heard Roene DiFiore's The Dixie Song before, when my mother has sung it.
From Mayor Dan's web page, the lyrics are:
Are you from Dixie?
I said from Dixie!
Where the fields of cotton beckon to me.
We're glad to see ya
To say "How be ya?"
And the friends we're longin' to see
If you're from Santa Clara, Washington, or St. George fine,
Anywhere below the Iron County line.
Then you're from Dixie
Hurrah for Dixie,
'Cause I'm from Dixie, too!
Roene DiFiore (if you follow the web link, look down near the lower part of the page) and her Program Bureau at Dixie College had a lasting impact on many people, as my mother has said.
I said from Dixie!
Where the fields of cotton beckon to me.
We're glad to see ya
To say "How be ya?"
And the friends we're longin' to see
If you're from Santa Clara, Washington, or St. George fine,
Anywhere below the Iron County line.
Then you're from Dixie
Hurrah for Dixie,
'Cause I'm from Dixie, too!
[UPDATE 18 Jan. 2010: None of the links here work any more, sadly. If I ever find a copy of the audio or video, I'll try to host a copy on my server directly. Also, I fixed the spelling of Roene DiFiore's name (I'd had it wrong: "de Fiore")]