Lyrics
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 wanna be
The birds are singing, it is song time
The banjo's strumming 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 give the world to be among the folks in DIX
I even know my mammy's
Waiting for me, praying for me
Down by the Swanee
The folks up North wall see me no more
When I get to that Swanee shore
I love you, old folks at home
Swanee, how I love you, how I love you
My dear old Swanee
I give the world to be among the folks in DIX
I even though my mammy's
Waiting for me, praying for me
Down by the Swanee
The folks up North wall see me no more
When I get to that Swanee shore