While the Band is Playing Dixie versuri

Versuri Leigh Beamer – While the Band is Playing Dixie lyrics

It was on a day when soldiers wrote a line to those they loved
To mothers, wives, and sweethearts far away
When a fair-haired boy sat dreaming of a far-off southern town
Of a dark-haired maiden who’s waiting day by day

While the band is playing Dixie, I’m humming „Home Sweet Home”
It takes me back to Georgia though I’m far across the foam
Once again beside the river with my Mary dear I’ll roam
While the band is playing Dixie, I’m humming „Home Sweet Home”

That night when all were sleeping came a bugle call to arms
With flashing eyes they plunged into the fray
And among the first to give his life up for the land he loved
Was the boy who dreamed of Dixie far away

While the band is playing Dixie, I’m humming „Home Sweet Home”
It takes me back to Georgia though I’m far across the foam
Once again beside the river with my Mary dear I’ll roam
While the band is playing Dixie, I’m humming „Home Sweet Home”

They found within his pocket a bloodstained little note
A bullet hole had pierced it through and through
It began with „Darling Mary, if I don’t come back again
Just remember that my last thoughts were of you”

While the band is playing Dixie, I’m humming „Home Sweet Home”
It takes me back to Georgia though I’m far across the foam
Once again beside the river with my Mary dear I’ll roam
While the band is playing Dixie, I’m humming „Home Sweet Home”

Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home