(intro) When the roses bloom in Dixieland, I am coming back to you, when the birds are singing music grand to the sweetest girl I ever knew. I am saving up my money to buy a little cabin home for two, when the roses bloom in Dixieland, I am coming back to you. ( ) (2x) I just got a letter from the sunny south, from my girl in Tennessee, she said she loved me like she used to do, and was waiting there for me. I answered back her letter though I am far away. When the roses bloom in Dixieland I am coming back to stay. When I left my honey at the railroad train I said, honey, wait for me, I'm going to make a lot of money up north, then it's me for old Tennessee.