Someone Play Dixie for Me

In the year '64 we were fighting a war

For a reason that we hardly knew

Many tears had been shed, many loved ones left dead

In the fight 'tween the gray and the blue

I recall that lead to his mother and dad

Said goodbye at the old garden gate

Then I heard Mother say, "Son, we'll watch and we'll pray

If it takes you forever, we'll wait"

If they carry me back on that long southern track

I hope you will answer my plea

When they lower me down in that sweet Georgia ground

Have someone play Dixie for me

Many years slowly passed 'til a letter at last

From his captain had finally come forth

Oh, the one that you yearn, he will never return

Lord, he's died in a camp way up north

If they carry me back on that long southern track

I hope you will answer my plea

When they lower me down in that sweet Georgia ground

Have someone play Dixie for me

With a rose on his chest, we fulfilled his last request

What God gave, He now taken away

With his battles now won, Lord, his song it was sung

While the tune to sweet Dixie did play

If they carry me back on that long southern track

I hope you will answer my plea

When they lower me down in that sweet Georgia ground

Have someone play Dixie for me

When they lower me down in that sweet Georgia ground

Have someone play Dixie for me

Thank you very much