Born of an October 29, songwriter and blackface minstrel** Dan Emmett (1815-1904). Emmett has been traditionally credited with being the author of the songs "Polly Wolly Doodle" (1843) and "Dixie" (1859), although there's no paper trail per se, other than records of his performing the songs, and his testimony that he did so. As has been […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AM on October 29, 2019