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 no[w]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 !
(bis Chorus)
Swanee, Swanee, I am coming back to Swanee !

Mammy, Mammy, I love the old folks at home !
(bis)