Swanee, how I loves ya, how I loves ya My dear old Swanee I'd give the world to be among the folks in D-I-X-I-E-ven though 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 loves ya Swanee How I loves ya, how I loves ya My dear old Swanee I'd give the world if I could only be Sittin' 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