Fact #56000
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The Filson Club, a Southern historical society in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, announces that it has received word from a man in Texas who claimed to have a copy of Will Hays' sheet music, published through D. P. Faulds, thus proving that Hays wrote the popular song Dixie, which was usually attributed to minstrel show songwriter Dan Emmett. The sheet music, however, never materialises and debate over authorship of the song continues for many years.
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