The Southern war poetry of the Civil War

by Esther Parker Ellinger

“Dixie whipped old Yankee Doodle early in the morning

So Yankeedom had best look out”—

Dixie the Land of King Cotton: From the Highly Successful Musical Operetta “The Vivandiere.” Words by Captain Hughes of Vicksburg: music by J. H. Hewitt. (R. B. M.)

“Oh, Dixie the land of King Cotton,

The home of the brave and the free,”—

Dixie War Song: By H. S. Stanton, Esq. (L. & L.)

“Hear ye not the sounds of battle

Sabres clash and muskets rattle?”—

Dix’s Manifesto: Air, “Dearest Mae:” by “B.” Baltimore, Sept. 11, 1861. (R. B. B. 23.)

“Once on a time in Baltimore