Dixie strikes me as being too...silly to be a national anthem.
Could end up being of a status similar to Yankee Doodle. A fun little patriotic song, but not a serious national anthem.
Well, it need not be silly. Here are the first two verses of an alternate version which was circulating at the time (and the one far more likely to end up as the national anthem, I would think)
Southrons, hear your country call you!
Up, lest worse than death befall you!
To arms! To arms! To arms! In Dixie!
Lo! all the beacon fires are lighted
Let all hearts be now united!
To arms! To arms! To arms! In Dixie!
Chorus:
Advance the flag of Dixie!
Hurrah! Hurrah!
For Dixie's Land we take our stand,
And live or die for Dixie!
|: To arms! To arms!
And conquer peace for Dixie! :|
2. Hear the Northern thunders mutter!
Northern flags in South winds flutter!
To arms! To arms! To arms! In Dixie!
Send them back your fierce defiance!
Stamp upon the cursed alliance!
To arms! To arms! To arms! In Dixie!
Chorus: