"The Dixie Volunteers" is a World War I song written and composed by Edgar Leslie and Harry Ruby.
[1] This song was published in 1917 by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., in New York, NY.The sheet music cover, illustrated by Barbelle, features soldiers marching with an inset photo of Eddie Cantor.
[2] The song was written to pay homage to the southern soldiers in the American army who were headed to France.
[3] It became notably popular, because it was performed by Eddie Cantor in the Ziegfeld Follies.
[4] The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.