I'm a-heading 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 all
Well shut my mouth
I'm a-heading 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 someone waiting
With the sweetest how you all
Well shut my mouth
I'm a-heading south
On the Dixie Cannonball
When I cross them Smokey Mountains
I'll be counting 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
I'm coming through
On the big choo-choo
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 someone waiting
With the sweetest how you all
Well shut my mouth
I'm a-heading south
On the Dixie Cannonball
Yes, I'm going 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 all
Well shut my mouth
I'm a-heading 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 someone waiting
With the sweetest how you all
Well shut my mouth
I'm a-heading south
On the Dixie Cannonball