Elton John
Dixie Lily lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1974
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:56
Showboat coming up the river
See her lanterns flicker in the gentle breeze
I can hear the crickets singing in the evening
Old Dixie Lily moving past the cypress trees
My little boat, she rocks easy
I've been catching catfish in the creek all day
Oh and I've never seen ladies like those on the big boats
Must be fancy breeding lets you live that way
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
Papa says that I'm a dreamer
Says them skeetas bit me one too many times
Oh, but I never get lonesome living on the river
Watching old Lily leave the world behind
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
Oh, down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
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Key vocabulary
- grand
- very large; impressiveB2
- day
- 24 hoursA1
- says
- states (in words)A1
- times
- repeated occasionsA1
- watching
- looking closelyA1
- water
- liquid you drinkA1
- world
- Earth; everyone around usA1
- lanterns
- small portable lightsA2
- singing
- making music with voiceA2
- i've
- I have
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About this song
Elton John is an English singer-songwriter and pianist known for his role in pop rock and piano-driven glam rock. He became famous for the songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin and for a career that produced major chart hits and award-winning performances.