When the roses bloom in Dixieland, I am coming back to you,
when the birds are singing music grand to the sweetest girl I ever knew.
I am saving up my money to buy a little cabin home for two,
when the roses bloom in Dixieland, I am coming back to you.
( A E A ) (2x)
I just got a letter from the sunny south, from my girl in Tennessee,
she said she loved me like she used to do, and was waiting there for me.
I answered back her letter though I am far away.
When the roses bloom in Dixieland I am coming back to stay.
When I left my honey at the railroad train I said, honey, wait for me,
I'm going to make a lot of money up north,
then it's me for old Tennessee.