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Show ... T .u ivf Mf(.init6tfo v ?' ft i ? V TT'TTT RALPH NEWMANS USB SGB8P800E GZ?S& - Assisted by W. A. Heaps 15 Minstrel Tune Becomes T 'And So f . . . zzz' I knew this would be a lengthy telephone call, so I lay down on the bed to relax while my friend explained her latest project to me. An hour later I woke from a deep sleep with the telephone receiver still off the hook. When I called my friend to explain, she said, I didnt know what happened, but you had me worried. Your voice just faded away." Mrs. Charles W. Musig 520 N. Main St Sait Lake City It Happened Around Here HE SONG which became the unofficial anthem of the southern Confederacy and did much to establish the romantic character of the. south, as well as its now affectionate nickname, was written by a white northerner before the Civil War. The composer, Daniel Decatur Emmett, an Ohioan, was the first white minstrel to use burnt cork makeup in impersonating a Negro entertainer. As a member of Dan Bryants company, he composed and sang comic plantation songs, one of which was "I Wish I Was in Dixie Land. Introduced in New York .City in December 1859, it caught on immediately and was adopted by otheiminstrel companies. THE TERM Dixie was taken from Mason and Dixons invisible line which by compromise in 1820 established the division between free and slave territory, following the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland and, going west, cut Missouri in half. The song, apparently coming from the lips of a displaced slave, wras nostalgic and though the words were little more than nonsense. But it presented the south as it wanted to be presented, aftd had great appeal for the bitter seceding states, which eventually numbered eleven. The first performances in the south seem to have been effec-tionat- Lunchsp onge I had cut four thick, pink slices of minced ham, and since I was busy washing the table with a wet pink household sponge, I told our four girls to get bread and finish making their sandwiches. One of the twins grabbedit the besponge, slapped tween two slices of bread, and took a generous bite. Mrs. Leroy Nelson General Delivery Battle-Son- g "' ' e3 ft 'H -- 4i Jf A v r y i entertainer wrote Daniel Decatur Emmett, first "Dixie" and a northern comic song became Southern battle Kymn. "black-face- " i by a minstrel company playing in Charleston, S.C., during the excitement of the states secession. Herman Arnold, a Montgomery musician, prepared an arrangement which he played in the inaugural parade of Jefferson Davis as president of the provisional Confederacy. When Davis was reinaugurated a year later in Richmond, Va , the band again played the equivalent to "Dixie official adoption as the national song of the south. IT WAS FIRST used as a war song in New Orleans in March, 1861, when a theatrical troupe at the Varieties Theater used it as a finale to accompany a Zouave drill. The tune was so light and rollicking that it was soon sung everywhere. When war came, the southerners sang "Dixie with nationalistic fervor, and the foolish words took on genuine meaning. Recognizing themselves as a separate people occupying their own territory and defending it against invasion, they saw special significance in the words of the chorus: "In Dixie Land, well take our stand To lne and die in Dixie. So the minstrel song became a fighting song. Clip this foi vour sciapbook histoiy of the Civil War. JOU mm Be Ely, Nev. A MORNING MILLIONAIRE ' Listen Ear . . You just naturally feel like a million when you start your day with a good hot breakfast. 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