"Dear Land of the South" (1860)
Written and Composed by
Eugene Raymond
[pseud. for John Hill Hewitt, 1801-1890]

[Source: pages 363-364 of "Songs of Yesterday"]

Dear land of the South, where the lofty pines grows,
And sings its wild song to the violet and rose;
I love to recline where the orange trees bloom,
And bless, with a proud heart my own Southern home.
They tell of the health and the wealth of the North,
Of the beauty and plenty its valleys bring forth;
There are hearts of the South as warm as her sun,
Whose pulse is the same and whose feelings are one!