it is an oldie, r&b/soul and the words go something like this:
I want to hear that funky dixieland, pretty mama come and take me by
the hand, ....come and dance with your daddy all night long..

The song you?re referring to is Black Water by the  Doobie Brothers.

Here is a part of the lyrics.

?I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland, 
pretty mama, come and take me by the hand, by the hand. 
Take me by the hand, pretty mama, 
come and dance with your daddy all night long. 
I'd like to
hear some funky Dixieland, 
pretty mama, come and take me by the hand, by the hand. 
I want to honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk, 
with you all night long. ?

See the full lyrics at the following links:
http://webhome.idirect.com/~muskokajoe/lyric/blackwater.html
http://www.thesonglyrics.com/d_song_lyrics/doobiebrothers_lyric1.html
http://www.princeton.edu/~footnote/lyrics/bw.html

Lyrics and cords
http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/blackwat.htm


Black Water is on the following Doobie Brothers CD?s at Amazon.


Doobie Brothers - Greatest Hits 
Doobie Brothers
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NQJJ/qid=1090860058/sr=ka-2/ref=pd_ka_2/104-0702487-0302310


Best of the Doobies [Warner Bros.] 
Doobie Brothers 

Listen to a song sample here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002KHW/qid=1090860058/sr=ka-3/ref=pd_ka_3/104-0702487-0302310


Search criteria:
Funky Dixieland, pretty mama

I hope this helps!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

I never would have found it!  Thank you so much.  I tried looking, but
I guess the title threw me for a loop.  Who would have thought that
I'd spend hours just trying to find the title to a song on a whim? 
Thanks again.
Kathleen