I’ve been away from you a long time
I never thought I’d miss you so Somehow I feel
Your love is real
Near you I want to be The birds are singing it is song time
The banjo’s strumming soft and low
I know that you
Yearn for me too
Swannee, you’re calling me Swanee, how I love you, how I love you
My dear old Swanee
I give the world to be Among the folks in D-I-X-I-
Even though my mammy’s
Waiting for me Praying for me Down by the Swanee
The folks up north will see me no more
When I get to that Swanee shore
(whistling)
I miss the old folks at home
Swanee, how I love you, how I love you
My dear old Swanee
I give the world to be Among the folks in D-I-X-I-
Even though my mammy’s
Waiting for me Praying for me Down by the Swanee
The folks up north will see me no more
When I get to that Swanee shore