Dixieland Delight Is Back!….Probably For One Game

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Dixieland Delight.

It’s not just one of Alabama’s (the band, not the state or university) greatest hits. It’s not just a song belted out by drunken college students across the Southeast. Nor is it just a song performed by international sex symbol Randy Owen.

It’s a tradition. A major one for the University of Alabama football team. That is, until the Iron Bowl of 2014.

You see, for years Dixieland Delight has been played in the fourth quarter of home games for the Crimson Tide. This always elicits a sing along from the crowd, particularly the student section. If you know the lyrics then this seems relatively harmless. But, for the uninitiated, there are mysterious extra verses that are attached to the song. Kind of like the third verse to the Thunder Rolls. (How did we ever know that before Garth Double Live? Apparently a verse about a wife shooting her cheating husband wasn’t good for country radio.)

As a reference, I’ll get you started on the sing-along portion of the song. The parts in parenthesis are what is shouted by the fans in attendance. And maybe some drunk fans at home.

Spend my dollar (ON BEER)
Parked in a holler neath the mountain moonlight (ROLL TIDE)
Hold her up tight (AGAINST THE WALL)
Make a little lovin (ALL NIGHT)
A little turtle dovin on a Mason Dixon night (F*CK AUBURN)
Fits my life (AND LSU)
Oh so right (AND TENNESSEE TOO)
My Dixieland Delight.

First, yes, this is a song about getting down in an F-150. I assume it’s an F-150, but I guess any 4×4 would work. Second, yes, the fan base screams the F word at Auburn, LSU, and Tennessee during the song. That doesn’t seem like a big deal for it to happen once, right? Well, during the Iron Bowl of 2014, the student section screamed F*CK AUBURN after every single line. And it was loud. Like, very loud. Loud enough to cause the administration at Alabama to remove the song from every home game for four years.

Until now.

That’s right kids, Dixieland Delight makes its return to Bryant-Denny stadium today against the Missouri Tigers. The announcement came from AD Greg Byrne, starting RB Damien Harris, and the most powerful person in Tuscaloosa: Mrs. Terry Saban. The return comes with one major caveat: no yelling the F word. Everyone has to scream “Beat Auburn.” Spoiler alert: this will go poorly. You’re asking thousands of students to NOT use the most versatile word in the English language? Good luck with that.

Put yourself in the shoes of these students: it’s homecoming, a rare night game, and you’ve had hours to pregame. Are you going to pass on screaming an F Bomb at the team you hate most in the world? Nope. You’re going to bring the noise. And I understand. You have my support. (Truthfully, the administration knows exactly what’s about to happen. They’re bringing the song back because student attendance at games has dropped. One loud F*CK is worth a few thousand extra students. At least I think that’s the current exchange rate.)

If I’m a betting man, and I really am, I’m taking the under on how long this song lasts.

My favorite part is Nick Saban saying that he hopes everyone sings the song “the right way.” Good point coach. We wouldn’t want anyone screaming profanity at Bryant-Denny, right?

Either way, fans, Poppa Bear is in your corner. Let it rip.

Poppa Bear is the Lead SEC Analyst for the SoBros Network, and serves as our resident expert on the human anatomy, fixin’ stuff, and tomatoes. Follow on Twitter:@SoBroPoppaBear

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