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)