Dan Emmett

thumb| Daniel Decatur Emmett (October 29, 1815 – June 28, 1904) was an American composer, entertainer, and founder of the first troupe of the blackface minstrel tradition, the Virginia Minstrels. He is most remembered as the composer of the song "Dixie". Quotes thumb|"Dixie", by the West Point Band I wish I was in de land ob cotton, Old times dar am not forgotten;    Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land! In Dixie Land whar I was born in, Early on one frosty mornin',    Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land! Den I wish I was in Dixie! Hooray! Hooray! In Dixie's Land we'll take our stand, to lib an' die in Dixie. Away! away! away down South in Dixie. Away! away! away down South in Dixie. "Dixie" (1859), in C. B. Galbreath, Daniel Decatur Emmet (1904), p. 14 External links Category:1815 births Category:1904 deaths Category:Composers from the United States Category:Songwriters from the United States Category:People from Ohio