Swanee, how I love you, how I love you My dear old Swanee I'd give the world to be among the folks in D-I-X-I-E-ven now my mammy's waiting for me Praying for me, down by the Swanee The folks up north will see me no more When I get to that Swanee shore Swanee, Swanee, I'm coming back to Swanee Mammy, mammy, I love the old folks at home I love you Swanee How I love you, how I love you My dear old Swanee I'd give the world if I could only be Sitting on my mammy's knee I love the old folks, I love the young folks *incomprehensible * ??? mammy, mammy My dear old mammy The folks up north will see me no more When I get to that Swanee shore