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Daniel Decatur "Dan" Emmett ( October 29 , 1815 – June 28 , 1904 ), was an American songwriter and entertainer. Of Irish ancestry, he was born at Mount Vernon , Ohio , then a frontier region. After serving in the for a play or one of many acts in a comic variety show. Notable songs written by Dan Emmett include:
Dan Emmett is said to have composed the famous song " Dixie " in 1859 , though another ballad writer named William Shakespeare Hays ( 1837 - 1907 ) (pen name, "Will S. Hays"), claimed to be its true author. Members of the Snowden Family of Knox County, Ohio , have also been named as writers of the song. SEE ALSO REFERENCES
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