[Verse:] I've been a traveling chap Traveled all over the map From London to Jamaica Where they make the ginger snap I've seen America through Right down to Kalamazoo And talking 'bout America Let me say to you [Refrain:] There's something nice about the South A paradise is 'way down South It seems that nowadays They love to sing it's praise A song of Dixie lingers in ev'ry singer's mouth There's something sweet about their ways The girls you meet are oh! so diff'rent Tennessee, Florida, Alabam' Fav'rite children of Uncle Sam There's something nice about the South