A clever song about the southern United States, 1919. words by Irving Caesar music by George Gershwin
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I’ve been away from you a long time
I never thought I’d miss you so
Somehow I feel, your love was real
Near you I long to be
The birds are singing, it is song-time
The banjos strummin’ soft and low
I know that you, yearn for me, too
Swanee, you’re calling me
Refrain
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-Even know my
Mammy’s waiting for me, praying for me
Down by the Swanee
The folks up north will see me no more
When I go to the Swanee shore
(I’ll be happy, I’ll be happy)
Trio:
Swanee, Swanee, I am coming back to Swanee
Mammy, Mammy, I love the old folks at home
Swanee, Swanee, I am coming back to Swanee
Mammy, Mammy, I love the old folks at home