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 nomy 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 swanee swanee i am coming back to swanee mammy mammy i love the old folks at home 