Swanee (1919)

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A clever song about the southern U.S.
words by Irving Caesar
music by George Gershwin

Lyrics

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 song-time
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
(I'll be happy, I'll be happy)

Trio:
Swanee, Swanee, I am coming back to Swanee
Mammy, Mammy, I love the old folks at home
Swanee, Swanee, I am coming back to Swanee
Mammy, Mammy, I love the old folks at home

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This was George Gershwin's first and biggest hit. Based on Stephen Foster's 1851 Old Folks At Home this is a nostalgic look at the old south. It is an American one-step. Ragtime influenced it is march-like with fast patter and staccato repetitions that drive it on.

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Sung here by Fred Feild
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