Swanee

Album: The Best of Jolson (1919)
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  • 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] Lyrics from a song in Public Domain

Comments: 1

  • Anono from UsJolson's (I assume it's him) whistling in this song always seemed strange to me, kind of out of place. After thinking about it, was he trying to mimic a bird chirping?
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