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Artist: Hank Williams
Canonical path: /hank-williams-sr/dixie-cannonball
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Dixie Cannonball
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Dixie Cannonball
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I'm a'headin' back to dixie
That's the place I long to be
Where the cotton grows and the suwanee flows
That's home sweet home to me
Where they meet you and they greet you
With the sweetest how you are
Well shut my mouth, I'm a'headin' south
On the dixie cannonball
On the dixie cannonball, on the dixie cannonball
Just listen to the whistle, it'll thrill you one and all
And I know there's some one waitin', with the sweetest how you are
Well shut my mouth, I'm a'headin' south, on the dixie cannonball
When I cross them smokey mountains. I'll be countin' every mile
When the whistle blows, I'll be on my toes
And I'll shuffle down the aisle
And I know I'll not be lonesome
When I see them treetops tall
On the dixie cannonball
On the dixie cannonball, on the dixie cannonball
Just listen to the whistle, it'll thrill you one and all
And I know there's some one waitin', with the sweetest how you are
Well shut my mouth, I'm a'headin' south, on the dixie cannonball
Yes, I'm goin' back to dixie, that's the place I long to be
Where the cotton grows and the suwanee flows
That's home sweet home to me
Where they meet you and they greet you
With the sweetest how you are
Well shut my mouth, I'm a'headin' south
On the dixie cannonball
On the dixie cannonball, on the dixie cannonball
Just listen to the whistle, it'll thrill you one and all
And I know there's some one waitin', with the sweetest how you are
Well shut my mouth, I'm a'headin' south, on the dixie cannonball
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Hank Williams performs "Dixie Cannonball", and this lyric page sits inside the Hank Williams catalog on LyroVerse.
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