First they gave a number of well-known Southern melodies such as Old Black Joe, Swanee Riber, dixie, Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground.
"Entertaining Made Easy"
Emily Rose Burt
As a special item of their musical program they sang a parody of Apple Blossom Time called It's Watermelon Time in dixie.
"Entertaining Made Easy"
Emily Rose Burt
Many of the men will never forget the innumerable times they trudged heavily laden with a dixie of tea or stew through the mud in the tortuous communication trenches Boyau Eck, Sape 7, and the Boyau des Mitrailleuses.
"The Story of the "9th King's" in France"
Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts