"Song of the South" is the titular song of the 1946 live action film of the same name which was written by Sam Coslow and Arthur Johnston.
It is sung during the opening credits, with a brief reprise being heard at the very end of the film, integrated with the Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah reprise.
Lyrics[]
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
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Trivia[]
- The sheet music version of the song also contains an unused introduction not sung in the film:
I hear a murmer of the south wind
And feel a half-remembered thrill
Plaintive echoes faintly clinging,
An old plantation air still ringing