I've been away from you a long time.
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I never thought I'd miss you so.
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Somehow I feel, your love was real,
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Near you I long to be.
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The birds are singing, it is song time.
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The banjo's strummin' soft and low.
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I know that you yearn for me too,
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Swanee you're calling me.
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Swanee how I love ya, how I love ya
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My dear old Swanee
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I'd give the world to be
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Among the folks in D-I-X-I even know my
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Mammy's waitin' for me prayin' for me
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Down by the Swanee
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The folks up North will see me no more
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When I go to the Swanee shore.
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Swanee, Swanee I am coming back to Swanee.
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Mammy, Mammy, I love the old folks at home.
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Swanee how I love ya, how I love ya
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My dear old Swanee
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I'd give the world to be among the folks in
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D-I-X-I even know my Mammy's waitin' for me prayin' for me
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Down by the Swanee
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The folks up north will see me no more
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When I go to the Swanee shore.
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Swanee
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