I've been away from you a long time

I never thought I'd missed you so

Somehow I feel

You love is real

Near you I long to 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 will see me no more
When I go to the Swanee Shore

Swanee  Swanee  I am coming back to Swanee

Mammy  Mammy  I love the old folks at home
Swanee

How I love you  how I love
My dear ol' Swanee

The folks up north will see me no more

When I go to the Swanee Shore