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
Even 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
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 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