Information: Following conventional lyric notation practice, words are broken into syllables to interpret the phrasing of the lyrics. Each word syllable in the lyrics below represents a note on the vocal part of this arrangement. A hyphen '-' or trailing hyphens following a word syllable indicates that the word syllable is extended over more than one note. ============================= An American Trilogy - Elvis Presley ============================= INTRO . . . . Oh I wish.... - - I was in the land of cot-ton
Old things they are not for-got-ten Look a-way, look a-way, look a-way Dix-ie-land
- Oh I wish I was in Dix-ie, A-way, a-way
In Dix-ie-land I take my stand to live and die in Dix-ie
'Cause Dix-ie-land, that�s where I was born Ear-ly Lord one frost-y morn-ing