Song of the South

Music by Arthur Johnston
Lyrics by Sam Coslow
Performed by the Studio Choir
© 1946 Walt Disney Productions

Song of the South your music
weaves a magic spell
Song of the South, I see
the scenes I know so well
Cottonwoods in blossom
over my cabin door
Pale moonlight on a field of white
You bring them back once more

I seem to hear those gentle
voices calling low
Out of the long long ago
This heart of mine is in the heart of Dixie
That's where I belong
Singing a song, a Song of the South.



The sheet music version of Song of the South also contains this introduction not performed in the movie:

I hear the murmer of the south wind
And feel a half-remembered thrill
Plaintive echoes faintly clinging,
An old plantation air still ringing.