George Gershwin
Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various composers)
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 banjo's 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 yaMy dear old SwaneeI'd give the world to beAmong the folks in D-I-X-I even know myMammy's waitin' for me prayin' for meDown by the SwaneeThe folks up North will see me no moreWhen I go to the Swanee shore.Swanee, Swanee I am coming back to Swanee.Mammy, Mammy, I love the old folks at home.Swanee how I love ya, how I love yaMy dear old SwaneeI'd give the world to be among the folks inD-I-X-I even know my Mammy's waitin' for me prayin' for meDown by the SwaneeThe folks up north will see me no moreWhen I go to the Swanee shore.
From Letras Mania