Editing Mason–Dixon line (section)

====Music====
* The 1918 song, "[[Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody]]", written by [[Jean Schwartz]], [[Sam M. Lewis]], and [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]], popularized by [[Al Jolson]], includes the lyric "Just hang my cradle, Mammy mine/ Right on that Mason–Dixon Line".<ref>Sheet music (copyright 1918) viewable at https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/154/093</ref>
* A small group of musicians from Paul Whiteman's orchestra led by C melody saxophonist [[Frank Trumbauer]] and including [[Bix Beiderbecke]] recorded two sides for Columbia on May 15, 1929, titled, "Alabammy Snow" and "What A Day!" under the pseudonym, "Mason–Dixon Orchestra".<ref>Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Columbia 1861-D (10-in. double-faced)", accessed August 30, 2017, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/196765/Columbia_1861-D.</ref> It is probable that they chose this pseudonym because the catalog number of the record would be 1861-D, 1861 being the year that the American Civil War began.
* The lyric "First to cross the Mason–Dixon line" featured in the opening verse of the song "I've Done it Again" (composers [[Marianne Faithfull]] / [[Barry Reynolds]]) on [[Grace Jones]]' 1981 album ''[[Nightclubbing (Grace Jones album)|Nightclubbing]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Grace-jones-ive-done-it-again-lyrics|title=Grace Jones – I've Done It Again|via=genius.com}}</ref>
* The 1955 song, "[[Hey, Porter]]", by [[Johnny Cash]] makes reference to the Mason–Dixon line in the line, ''How much longer will it be 'til we cross that Mason-Dixon line?''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.johnnycash.com/track/hey-porter/|title=Johnny Cash|access-date=June 24, 2024}}</ref>
* From the 2000 album ''[[Sailing to Philadelphia]]'' by British singer-songwriter and guitarist [[Mark Knopfler]], the title track (also featuring [[James Taylor]]) is about the two English surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon travelling to Philadelphia to survey the Mason–Dixon line; the lyrics draw from ''[[Mason & Dixon]]'' by [[Thomas Pynchon]], a novel about their relationship.<ref>[[Sailing to Philadelphia]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=February 2025}}
* [[Sonic Youth]]'s "Paper Cup Exit" from the album ''[[Sonic Nurse]]'' (2004) has the line "Touch down on the new Mason-Dixon line" (sung by [[Lee Ranaldo]])
* [[Dan Seals]] sang ''"Mason Dixon line"'' and the song symbolically references the line.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Dan-seals-mason-dixon-line-lyrics|title=Mason Dixon Line|access-date=24 Oct 2019}}</ref>
* [[GZA]] references the ''"Mason-Dixon Line"'' in the closing words of his feature verse on [[Raekwon|Raekwon's]] song ''"Guillotine (Swords)"'' from his debut 1995 album ''[[Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...|Only Built 4 Cuban Linx]]''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Raekwon (Ft. Ghostface Killah, GZA & Inspectah Deck) – Guillotine (Swordz)|url=https://genius.com/Raekwon-guillotine-swordz-lyrics|language=en|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref>
* [[Tom Lehrer]] references the Mason–Dixon line in his song "[[Songs by Tom Lehrer|I Wanna Go Back to Dixie]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Tom-lehrer-i-wanna-go-back-to-dixie-lyrics|title=I Wanna Go Back to Dixie|access-date=24 Oct 2019}}</ref>
* [[Lady A]]ntebellum's eponymous album has a song "Home Is Where The Heart Is", which contains the line "It's just south of the Mason-Dixon line".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metrolyrics.com/home-is-where-the-heart-is-lyrics-lady-antebellum.html|title=Lady Antebellum "Home Is Where The Heart Is" Lyrics|access-date=March 17, 2020|archive-date=March 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318024740/https://www.metrolyrics.com/home-is-where-the-heart-is-lyrics-lady-antebellum.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The 1916 song "[[Are You from Dixie ('Cause I'm from Dixie Too)]]" originally recorded by [[Billy Murray (singer)|Billy Murray]] contains the lyrics "If you're from Alabama, Tennessee, or Caroline. Any place below the Mason-Dixon line. Then you're from Dixie."<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/116|title=Are You from Dixie? ('Cause I'm from Dixie Too)|first1=Jack|last1=Yellen|first2=George|last2=Cobb|date=January 1, 1915|journal=Historic Sheet Music Collection}}</ref>
* Brad Paisley, LL Cool J, and Lee Thomas Miller's controversial 2013 song "[[Accidental Racist]]" uses the Mason–Dixon line as a metaphor for north–south, black/white, and other cultural (dysfunctional) relations: "Oh, Dixieland/The relationship between the Mason-Dixon needs some fixin'"<ref>{{cite magazine|accessdate=2021-04-14|title=Brad Paisley's 'Accidental Racist': LL Cool J's 10 Craziest Lyrics|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/brad-paisleys-accidental-racist-ll-cool-js-10-craziest-lyrics-1556654/|date=8 April 2013|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
* [[David Allan Coe]] sings about the Mason–Dixon line in "I Still Sing the Old Songs".
* [[Connie Smith]] sings about the Mason–Dixon Line in "Cincinnati, Ohio", with lyrics by [[Bill Anderson (singer)|Bill Anderson]].
* The 1983 song [[Dixieland Delight]] by country singer [[Ronnie Rogers]] and recorded by American [[country music]] band [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]] references the Mason-Dixon Line multiple times throughout the song.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dixieland Delight |url=https://genius.com/Alabama-dixieland-delight-lyrics |website=Genius |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>
* The country band [[Mason Dixon (band)|Mason Dixon]]<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mason-dixon-mn0002141765 | title=Mason Dixon biography | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=March 1, 2021}}</ref>
* The 2022 song, "Before" which is included in the album [[Nicole (album)|Nicole]], written by [[Niki (singer)|NIKI]] includes the lyric "While you stay just fine and feel alive south of the Mason-Dixon line".<ref>{{Citation |title=NIKI – Before |url=https://genius.com/Niki-before-lyrics |access-date=2023-05-24}}</ref>
* In [[Kathy Mattea]]'s 1986 song "Leaving West Virginia", she is leaving her home state for California in search of success, but indicates that "I'll surely leave my heart below the Mason-Dixon line".<ref>{{cite web|title=Kathy Mattea - Leaving West Virginia|url=https://genius.com/Kathy-mattea-leaving-west-virginia-lyrics|date=1986}}</ref>
* The 2008 song "Ruby and Carlos" by [[James McMurtry]] from the album ''[[Just Us Kids]]'' opens with the lines "Ruby said you're getting us in of world of hurt, Down below the Mason-Dumbass line the food gets worse"