Dixie Cannonball

(Vaughn Horton)



I'm a-headin' back to Dixie that's the place I long to be

Where the cotton grows and the Swanee flows that's home sweet home to me

Where they meet you and they greet you with the sweetest how you all

Well shut my mouth, I'm a-headin' south on the Dixie Cannonball.



Chorus:

On the Dixie Cannonball, on the Dixie Camnnonball

Just listen to the whistle, it'll thrill you one and all

And I know there's someone waitin' with the sweetest how you all

Well, shut my mouth I'm a-headin' south on the Dixie Cannonball.



When I cross them smokey mountain I'll be countin' every mile

When the whistle blows I'll be on my toes and I'll shuffle down the aisle

And I know I'll not be lonesome when I see them treetops tall

I'm coming through on the big choo-choo on the Dixie Cannonball.



Chorus:

On the Dixie Cannonball, on the Dixie Camnnonball

Just listen to the whistle, it'll thrill you one and all

And I know there's someone waitin' with the sweetest how you all

Well, shut my mouth I'm a-headin' south on the Dixie Cannonball.



Yes, I'm goin' back to Dixie, that's the place I long to be

Where the cotton grows and the Swanee flows that's home sweet home to me

Where they meet you and they greet you with the sweetest how you all

Well, shut my mouth I'm a-headin' south on the Dixie Cannonball.



Chorus:

On the Dixie Cannonball, on the Dixie Camnnonball

Just listen to the whistle, it'll thrill you one and all

And I know there's someone waitin' with the sweetest how you all

Well, shut my mouth I'm a-headin' south on the Dixie Cannonball...