I got the blues for Mississippi, I got the blues for Tennessee Anywhere south of the Dixon line it's where I long to be When I get a lonesome feeling down in my rambling shoes I head downstream towards New Orleans 'cause I got the Dixie blues Talk about Memphis, talk about a town Thinkin' 'bout my southern belle Talk about Chicago where the cold wind blows There ain't got chance and well I got the blues for Georgia, Carolina's callin' me I'm gonna pack my grip and I'll be gone like a southwind blowing free When I get a lonesome feeling down in my rambling shoes I'm gonna head downstream towards New Orleans 'cause I got the Dixie blues, yes Talk about Memphis, talk about a town Thinkin' 'bout my southern belle Talk about Chicago where the cold wind blows There ain't got chance and well When I get the blues for Georgia, Carolina's callin' me I'm gonna pack my grip and I'll be gone like a southwind blowing free When I get a lonesome feeling down in my rambling shoes I gonna head downstream towards New Orleans 'cause I got the Dixie blues, yes