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!