I've been away from you
a long time
I never thought
I'd miss you so
Somehow I feel
your love is real
Swanee
you're calling me
Swanee
how I love ya
how I love ya
my dear old Swanee
I'd give the world
to be
among the folks
in D. I. X. I. E
they know my mammy's
Waiting for me
Praying for me
down by the levee
The folks up north
will see me no more
when I get to that
Swanee shore
Swanee
Swanee
I'm going back home
to Swanee
Mammy
Mammy
I love the old folks
at home
Swanee
how I love ya
how I love ya my
dear old Swanee
I'd give the world
to be
among the folks
in D. I. X. I. E
they know my mammy's
Waiting for me
Praying for me
down on the levee
The folks up north
will see me no more
when I get to that
Swanee shore.....