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Introducción:
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Verse
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I was born in Dixie land, unreconstructed till the end
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In Carolina, I was raised by my granddaddy in my daddy's ways
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They both thought me right from wrong, how to fight and how to get along
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But my own life now is almost gone in southern ground I belong
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My final hour is drawin' near so friend come sit by me right here
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Let's laugh and talk about our lives and the good ol days before I die
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Please give your word this vow you keep when I return to earth to sleep
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Let me dream forever under southern land with a Dixie flag tied in my hand
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When, when my time has come, before they lay me down to rest
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Friends, in my time of darkness, please grant me just this one last request
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Dixie land is where I wanna make my final stand
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I don't care if I'm in a box or not when they lay me down
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Just bury me in southern ground
Bridge
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One last look at the country side before I close my weary eyes
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Southern air for my last breath here comes my sweet angel of death
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Sing Dixie while they lower me so I hear it for eternity
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I can feel the reapers touch ashes to ashes dust to dust
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When, when my time has come, before they lay me down to rest
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Friends, in my time of darkness, please grant me just this one last request
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Dixie land is where I wanna make my final stand
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I don't care if I'm in a box or not when they lay me down
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Just bury me in southern ground
Bridge
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Dixie land is where I wanna make my final stand
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I don't care if I'm in a box or not when they lay me down
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Just bury me in southern ground
Outro
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