Swanee

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[Introduction]
 * I've been away from you a long time
 * I never thought I'd miss you so
 * Somehow I feel
 * Your love was real
 * Near you I long to be


 * The birds are singing It is songtime
 * The banjos strummin' soft and low
 * I know that you
 * Yearn for me too
 * Swanee You're calling me

[Refrain]
 * Swanee
 * How I love you
 * How I love you
 * My dear old Swanee
 * I'd give the world to be
 * Among the folks in D-I-X-I-Even know 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

[Spoken]
 * I'll be happy
 * I'll be happy

[Trio (sung twice)]
 * Swanee
 * Swanee
 * I am coming back to Swanee
 * Mammy
 * Mammy
 * I love the old folks at home