"Dixie - lyric meaning" Topic
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| BattleSausage | 13 Nov 2018 9:18 a.m. PST |
I never gave much thought to the lyrics in Dixie until my 5 year old asked me "Why are they saying 'Look away'". Any ideas as to why the wording is "look away"? |
| Wolverine | 13 Nov 2018 10:32 a.m. PST |
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| BattleSausage | 13 Nov 2018 10:38 a.m. PST |
Thank you. While I did review the link from before my only though being that no reference has been given. Is this speculation versus fact? |
| 22ndFoot | 13 Nov 2018 11:14 a.m. PST |
It wasn't really about looking away, rather it was about a state's right to look away or not to look away if it so chose, regardless of whether the Federal government wanted it to look away or, indeed, had any power to force it to look away. ;^D |
| BattleSausage | 13 Nov 2018 11:27 a.m. PST |
Thank you 22ndFoot. So could one say that "Look away, look away look away, Dixie's Land!" means Federalists do not look at the Confederate states as yours? |
| 22ndFoot | 13 Nov 2018 12:06 p.m. PST |
You could but I doubt it was anything more than what worked in the song. I was joking. |
| Morning Scout | 13 Nov 2018 2:41 p.m. PST |
"Look Away" in the context of the song refers to seeing it from afar as if one was homesick or perhaps with a fond memory. |
| corona66 | 13 Nov 2018 8:04 p.m. PST |
Someone asks a legitimate question to be met with some form of humorless humor. Ha ha. |
| barcah2001 | 18 Nov 2018 3:56 p.m. PST |
Agree with Morning Scout. The is clear that this is a soutenwr who wishes he was back home and he's "looking away" from his surroundings to think of being back home |
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