Is It True What They Say About Dixie?
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"Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" is a 1936 song written by Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner and Gerald Marks.
The lyrics begin: "Is it true what they say about Dixie? Does the sun really shine all the time? Do the sweet magnolias blossom at everybody's door?".
The song was a #1 hit for Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra in May and June 1936 with Bob Eberly on vocal.[1] Ozzie Nelson and Willie Bryant also charted with the song that year.[2]
The song has been parodied in various versions, such as the Beau Jesters' parody questioning Lyndon Johnson.[3]
