(Rule)way down south

Please appreciate this handwritten translation of Union Dixie to dunk on the confeds :c

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TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 142d (16 replies)

wait, where translation?

birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 142d (2 replies)

It's "Away Down South" but in Chinese

laserm@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 142d (1 reply)

Is that Dixie land or Union Dixie or what is that?

birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 142d

Union Dixie, the song dunking on the Confederacy which lasted for fewer years than the Annoying Orange.

yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 142d (11 replies)

I think the picture itself is the translation

TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 142d (10 replies)

What's the original then?

Pandantic@midwest.social · 2 pts · 142d (9 replies)

I don’t know Chinese, but maybe it is this song based on the punctuation:

I wish I was in the land of cotton,

old times there are not forgotten,

Look away, look away, look away,

Dixie Land.

In Dixie Land where I was born in,

early on a frosty mornin',

Look away, look away, look away,

Dixie Land.

Then I wish I was in Dixie,

hooray! hooray!

In Dixie Land I'll take my stand

to live and die in Dixie,

Away, away, away down South in Dixie,

Away, away, away down South in Dixie.

renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 142d (2 replies)

I found this, it matches what's in the post much better:

Away down South in the land of traitors

Rattlesnakes and alligators

Right away (right away), come away (come away)

Right away (right away), come away

Where cotton's king and men are chattels

Union boys will win the battles

Right away (right away), come away (come away)

Right away (right away), come away

We'll all go down to Dixie, away, away

Each Dixie boy must understand that he must mind his Uncle Sam

Away (away), away (away)

We'll all go down to Dixie

Away (away), away (away)

We'll all go down to Dixie

birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 142d

That's the one!

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 142d
TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 142d

old times there are not forgotten,

Micromot@piefed.social · 5 pts · 142d (2 replies)

It's closer to the union Dixie by the punctuation

Pandantic@midwest.social · 1 pts · 142d (1 reply)

I never actually knew that there was another one.

Maven@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 142d

Union Dixie is the parody of Dixie Land made by union soldiers and sung during the Civil War to mock the confederate.

Its a classical example of a parody song!

QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 142d

oh god it's definitely not that one lol

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 142d

https://youtu.be/DhSzuhdIkuE

This is Union Dixie. Same tune, very different words.

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 142d

https://youtu.be/DhSzuhdIkuE

That's the original, in English

buggybug@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 142d

waow… 很厉害 👀

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 142d

https://youtu.be/DhSzuhdIkuE

The song performed in English for anyone who is interested