[Verse:]
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A gentle voice is calling me
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I hear it night and day
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It seems to whisper tenderly
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You should be on your way
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I'm going back without a doubt
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To where my heart belongs
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The land that Jolson sings about
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In all his "Mammy" songs
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[Refrain:]
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Southland
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All night long your banjos ring in my ear
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And I can hear the call of the Southland
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Cornfields
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Seem to say it's just the time of the year
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Come on and hear the call of the South
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I'll be so happy when I open the gate
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To see my sweetie there who promised to wait
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And then when I deliver
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The kiss I'm gonna give 'er
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Trouble will drown way down in the Swanee River
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Southland
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I must go back to somebody I've missed
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I can't resist the call of the South
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The Call Of The South
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| Irving Berlin |
