If you've ever seen that ole Mississippi   The queen of the delta land   Then you'll understand   Why I've got the blues for Dixie      If you've ever been to Tennessee   When that old cotton field is white   In pale moonlight   Then you've had the blues for Dixie      If you've seen the glamor of that Alabama   Moon shinin' in the sky   If you've got a baby in Birmingham maybe   Then you'll know the reason why      Why I'm gonna be blue 'til I'm on that old choo, choo   Headin' down South again   There goes that train   That's leavin' me blue for Dixie      If you've seen the glamor of that Alabama   Moon shinin' in the sky   If you've got a baby in Birmingham maybe   Then you'll know the reason why      Why I'm gonna be blue 'til I'm on that old choo, choo   Headin' down South again   There goes that old train that's leavin' me blue   There goes that train that's leavin' me blue for Dixie   Oh Lord