| ::Swanee:: Author Unknown I've been away from you a long time I never thought I'd miss you so Somehow I feel, your love is 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! 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-E - ven now 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! 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-E - ven now 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! Swanee, Swanee, I'm 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! |