I've been away from you a long time.
I never thought I'd missed you so.
Somehow I feel
your love is real,
near you I wanna be.
The birds are singin', it is song time.
The banjos strummin' soft and low.
I know that you
yearn for me too.
Swanee! You're calling me!
Swanee!
How I love you, how I love!
My dear ol' Swanee.
I'd give the world to be
among the folks in D-I-X-I-E-ven
now my mammy's
waiting for me,
praying for me
down by the Swanee.
The folks up north won't see me no more
when I get to the Swanee shore!
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I love the old folks at home!
Oh, oh, oh, Swanee!
How I love you, how I love!
My dear ol' Swanee.
I'd give the world to be
among the folks in D-I-X-I-E-ven
now my mammy's
waiting for me,
praying for me
down by the Swanee.
The folks up north won't see me no more
when I get to the Swanee shore!