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I wish I was in the land of cotton,Old times they are not forgotten;Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.In Dixie Land where I was born,Early on one frosty mornin,Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.

The remaining verses drift into the common minstrel idiom of a comical plantation scenario, "supposedly [depicting] the gayer side of life for slaves on Southern plantations":[14]

Old Missus marry "Will-de-weaber,"Willium was a gay deceaber;Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.But when he put his arm around'er,He smiled as fierce as a forty-pound'er,Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.

The final verse mixes nonsense and dance steps with the freed-slave scenario:

Dar's buck-wheat cakes an 'Ingen' batter,Makes you fat or a little fatter;Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land.Den hoe it down an scratch your grabble,To Dixie land I'm bound to trabble.Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land