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)