Swanee

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 towanna 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 ! [Chorus] 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 no[w]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 ! [Chorus] Swanee, Swanee, I am coming back to Swanee ! Mammy, Mammy, I love the old folks at home ! [Chorus] --- Swanee - George Gershwin