Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Dixie Lily, artist - Elton John.
Date of issue: 31.12.1973
Song language: English
Dixie Lily |
Showboat coming up the river |
See her lanterns flicker in the gentle breeze |
I can hear the crickets singing in the evening |
Old Dixie Lily moving past the cypress trees |
My little boat she rocks easy |
I’ve been catching catfish in the creek all day |
Oh and I’ve never seen ladies like those on the big boats |
Must be fancy breeding lets you live that way |
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady |
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun |
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing |
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run |
Papa says that I’m a dreamer |
Says them skeetas bit me one too many times |
Oh but I never get lonesome living on the river |
Watching old Lily leave the world behind |