I'm a-headin' back to Dixie that's where I long to be Where the cotton grows and the Swanee flows that's home sweet home to me Where they meet you and they greet you with a great big how you all Well shut my mouth, I'm a-headin' south on the Dixie Cannonball. Chorus: On the Dixie Cannonball, oh the Dixie Camnnonball Just listen to the whistle, it'll thrill you one and all And I know there's someone waitin' with a great big how you all Well, shut my mouth I'm a-headin' south on the Dixie Cannonball. ( musical interlude ) Chorus: On the Dixie Cannonball, oh the Dixie Camnnonball Just listen to the whistle, it'll thrill you one and all And I know there's someone waitin' with a great big how you all Well, shut my mouth I'm a-headin' south on the Dixie Cannonball.