I’ve been away from you a long time
I never thought I’d miss you so
Somehow I feel
You love is real
Near you I long to be
The birds are singin’, it is song time
The banjo’s strummin’ soft and low
I know that you
Yearn for me too
Swanee! You’re calling me!
Swanee!
How I love ya, how I love ya
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!
Swanee!
How I love ya, how I love ya
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 that Swanee Shore!
– Gershwin/Caesar (1919)
Swanee – Al Jolson
