Written by: Jerry Herman
Comments: From the musical "Mame".
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Lyrics:
You coax the blues right
Out of the horn, Mame
You charm the husk right
Off of the corn, Mame
You've got those
Banjoes strumming
And plunking out a tune
To beat the band
The whole plantation is humming
Since you brought Dixie
Back to Dixieland
You make the cotton
Easy to pick, Mame
You give my old
Mint Julep a kick, Mame
Who ever thought a Yankee would put
A little Dixie mouse to shame.
You've made us feel alive again,
You've given us the drive again,
To make the South revive again, Mame.
You've brought the cake-walk back into style, Mame
You make the weepin' willow tree smile, Mame,
Your skin is Dixie satin,
There's rebel in your manner and your speech,
You may be from Manhattan,
But Georgia never had a sweeter peach.
You make the old magnolia tree bud, Mame
You make camellias bloom in the mud, Mame
You make the bougainvillea turn purple
at the mention of your name
We’re baking pecan pies again
Tonight the chicken fries again
This time the South will rise again, Mame
Spoken:
Well, shut my mouth and freeze my face
You’ve brought some elegance to the place
There’s sowbelly, hominy, catfish and tripe,
Mame
Well, shut my mouth and damn my eyes
You’ve made the price of tobacco rise
The old watermelon is suddenly ripe
Mame
And down on the levee
A beautiful bevy of crinoline ladies has flocked
The way that they’re squealin’, they give me the feelin’
The Robert E. Lee must a’ docked.
The strummin’ and ringin’, the hummin’
And singin’ is startin’ to get out of hand
Since you brought Dixie back to Dixie land
You make our black-eyed peas and our grits, Mame,
Seem like the bill of fare at the Ritz, Mame,
You came, you saw, you conquered
And absolutely nothing is the same.
You're special fascination'll prove to be inspirational,
We think you're just sensational, Mame.
Since you brought Dixie back to Dixie land.
Singers:
1. Charles Braswell May 24, 1966 (performance date) 2. Robert Goulet 1966 3. Julius LaRosa 1966 4. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (billboard adult contemporary) 1966 5. Count Basie & His Orchestra 1966 6. Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra 1966 7. Art Blakey 1966 8. Billy Vaughn 1966 9. Sonny Stitt 1966 10. Louis Armstrong (billboard adult contemporary) 1966 11. Bobby Darin (billboard adult contemporary) June 1966 12. Duane Eddy July 1966 13. John Davidson 1967 14. Jo Ann Castle 1967 15. Tony Mottola 1967 16. Ray Conniff and The Singers 1967 17. Marilyn Maye 1967 18. Trini Lopez March 1967 19. Four Tops March 1967 20. Lester Lanin 1968 21. Nancy Holloway 1969 22. Firehouse Five Plus Two 1969 23. Liberace 1969 24. The Ding Dongs [1] 1970 25. Terry Lightfoot and His Band 1974 26. Robert Preston 1974 27. Mrs. Mills 1974 28. Johnnie Ray 1976 29. The Boston Pops Orchestra 1990 30. Michael Feinstein with Jerry Herman October 22, 1993 31. 101 Strings Orchestra 1997 32. Mafalda 2008
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