Al Jolson - Swanee

I've been away from you a long time.

I never thought I'd missed you so.

Somehow I feel

your love is real,

near you I wanna be.

The birds are singin', 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!

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!

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I love the old folks at home!

Oh, oh, oh, Swanee!

How I love you, how I love!

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!

• Artist:Al Jolson