Southern Belle

Way down in old South Georgia where the sweet magnolias grow
There's a girl in that city that I left so long ago
We were getting married in the courthouse yard that day
But her daddy was the judge and he said, "Son, there ain't no way."
She was waitin' at the courthouse. As she waved, I waved good-bye
When I looked back for the last time, there were tears in her eye

He said, "Boy, you ain't our kind. You don't belong here anymore
Gather up your Yankee ways. Take that ring back to that store."

One day, I'll ring that southern belle
And I'll go back to that town and they'll hear my rebel yell
I'll say, "The war is over. We're all one, can't you tell?
Old Dixie, hear me callin'." - when I ring that southern belle

Way down in old South Georgia where the sweet magnolias grow
There's a girl in that city that I left so long ago

She never did get married. She's still waitin' there for me
Like that dear old south I love, some things are meant to be

One day, I'll ring that southern belle
And I'll go back to that town and they'll hear my rebel yell
I'll say, "The war is over. We're all one, can't you tell?
Old Dixie, hear me callin'." - when I ring that southern belle
Old Dixie, hear me callin' - when I ring that southern belle