Way down upon the Swanee river
Far, far away,
There's where my heart is turning ever,
There's where the old folks stay.
All up and down the whole creation
Sadly I roam,
Still longing for the old plantation
And for the old folks at home.
Chorus
All the world is sad and dreary,
Everywhere I roam,
Oh! Lordy how my heart grows weary,
Far from the old folks at home.
One little hut among the bushes,
One that I love,
Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes,
No matter where I rove
When will I see the bees a humming
All round the comb?
When will I hear the banjo strumming
Down in my good old home?
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Middle verse (not sung in Disney's recording):
All round the little farm I wandered
When I was young,
Then many happy days I squandered,
Many the songs I sung.
When I was playing with my brother
Happy was I
Oh! take me to my kind old mother,
There let me live and die.
Chorus
Far, far away,
There's where my heart is turning ever,
There's where the old folks stay.
All up and down the whole creation
Sadly I roam,
Still longing for the old plantation
And for the old folks at home.
Chorus
All the world is sad and dreary,
Everywhere I roam,
Oh! Lordy how my heart grows weary,
Far from the old folks at home.
One little hut among the bushes,
One that I love,
Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes,
No matter where I rove
When will I see the bees a humming
All round the comb?
When will I hear the banjo strumming
Down in my good old home?
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Middle verse (not sung in Disney's recording):
All round the little farm I wandered
When I was young,
Then many happy days I squandered,
Many the songs I sung.
When I was playing with my brother
Happy was I
Oh! take me to my kind old mother,
There let me live and die.
Chorus