Swanee lyrics — sung in The Jolson Story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and more
I’ve been away from you along time
I never thought I’d miss — ya so
Somehow I feel, your love is real
Near you I wanna be.
The Birds are singing it is songtime
The banjos strumming soft and low
I know that you yearn for me to swanee you’re calling me
Chorus
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-ven though my mammy’s waiting for me,
praying for me down by the swanne.
The folks up north will see me no more when I get to that swanee shore
[whistles like a bird]
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-ven though my mammy’s waiting for
me, praying for me down by the swanee.
The folks up north will see me no more when I get to that swanee shore.