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Artist: George Gershwin
Canonical path: /george-gershwin/swanee
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Swanee
Read Swanee lyrics by George Gershwin on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Swanee
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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 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 !
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 !
(bis Chorus)
Swanee, Swanee, I am coming back to Swanee !
Mammy, Mammy, I love the old folks at home !
(bis)
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George Gershwin performs "Swanee", and this lyric page sits inside the George Gershwin catalog on LyroVerse.
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