Swanee

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 wanna be

The birds are singing, it is song time

The banjo's strumming soft and low

I know that you

Yearn for me too

Swanee, you're calling me

Swanee, how I love you, how I love you

My dear old Swanee

I'd give the world to be

Among the folks in D-I-X-I-

E-ven 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 love the old folks at home

Swanee, how I love you, how I love you

My dear old Swanee

I'd give the world to be

Among the folks in D-I-X-I-

E-ven 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