I've been away from you a long time
I never thought I'd miss 'ya so
Somehow I feel, your love is real
Near you I wanna be.
The birds are singing it is songtime
The banjos strumming soft and low
I know that you yearn for me to
Swanee you're calling me
Swanee, how I love ya, how I love ya
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 Swanne.
The folks up north wont see me no more
When I get to that Swanee shore
(he whistles like a bird)
I love the old folks at home
Swanee, how I love ya, how I love ya
My dear old Swanee.
The folks up north wont see me no more
When I get to that Swanee shore.
I never thought I'd miss 'ya so
Somehow I feel, your love is real
Near you I wanna be.
The birds are singing it is songtime
The banjos strumming soft and low
I know that you yearn for me to
Swanee you're calling me
Swanee, how I love ya, how I love ya
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 Swanne.
The folks up north wont see me no more
When I get to that Swanee shore
(he whistles like a bird)
I love the old folks at home
Swanee, how I love ya, how I love ya
My dear old Swanee.
The folks up north wont see me no more
When I get to that Swanee shore.