(07-30-2019, 06:46 PM)jaybreak Wrote:(07-30-2019, 06:35 PM)IainH Wrote:(07-30-2019, 05:13 AM)Ed Hurst Wrote: I did a lot of research on the song "Dixie" and it still surprises me how a show tune from the days of black-face minstrelsy up north was absorbed as the anthem of the South. It seems a case of mockery turned on its head and worn proudly.
Indeed it is, Sir. Dixie was written by a Yankee and we knew it was mockery but, Southerners being a gracious people turned it on it's head.
I don't think I've ever heard this song.
" I wish I was in the land,
Old times there are not forgotten,
Look away. Look away. Look away.
Dixieland "
Sound familiar?
I have my own versions " It's glad I'm from the land of baccer (tobacco), it would be better without the slackers, look away...."
Funny thing is, I can come up with alternate lyrics to existing songs on the fly but, can't write lyrics for my own tunes?!!
It's frustrating because I tried to find a lyricist to collaborate with on songs and had no success in doing so. The ones I do know aren't interested even, after explaining how working together would create better art than a wordsmith who struggles with the music or a tunesmith who can't write lyrics. Ego is enormous among most musicians and that's just too bad. I got lots of melodies and harmonies, etc but no words. WAAAAH! I wanted to be a rockstar!!!