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When the roses bloom in Dixieland, I am coming back to you,
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when the birds are singing music grand to the sweetest girl I ever knew.
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 I am saving up my money to buy a little cabin home for two,
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when the roses bloom in Dixieland, I am coming back to you.

( A E A ) (2x)

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I just got a letter from the sunny south, from my girl in Tennessee,
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she said she loved me like she used to do, and was waiting there for me.

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    I answered back her letter though I am far away.
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    When the roses bloom in Dixieland I am coming back to stay.

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    When I left my honey at the railroad train I said, honey, wait for me,
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    I'm going to make a lot of money up north,
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    then it's me for old Tennessee.