I've been away from you a long time. I never thought I'd miss you so. Somehow I feel your love is real Near you I long to 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. 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 now my Mammy's Waitin' for me, prayin' for me Down by the Swanee. The folks up north won't see me no more When I go to that Swanee Shore! Swanee, Swanee, I am goin' back to Swanee! Swanee, Swanee, I love the old folks at home! I've been away from you a long time. I never thought I'd miss you so. Somehow I feel your love is real Near you I long to 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. 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 now my Mammy's Waitin' for me, prayin' for me Down by the Swanee. The folks up north won't see me no more When I go to that Swanee Shore! Swanee, Swanee, I am goin' back to Swanee! Swanee, Swanee, I love the old folks at home! Mammy's Waitin' for me, prayin' for me Down by the Swanee. The folks up north won't see me no more When I go to that Swanee Shore!