Key: Gb major
Verse 1
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I love the coolness of the water
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I love the softness
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of the shore
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Someday I know
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That I will go homeward,
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that's where I'll be.
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The fish are jumping from the river,
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The birds are graceful as they soar and soar,
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River, you're calling me to 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 now my mammy's waitin' for me,
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prayin' for me 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 swan -east,
swan -east shore,
long time.
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I never thought I'd miss you so.
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Near you I long to love to be.
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The banjo's strumming soft and low.
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I know that you yearn for me too, Swanee,
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I hear ya callin' me,
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I hear ya!
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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 give the world to be
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among the folks way
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back in D .I .X.
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I even know my mammy's
waiting for me,
praying for me
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Down by the Suwannee,
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When I go to the Suwannee shore
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Now I'm gonna go right
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Suwannee shore
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I'll live no more,
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my mammy and my Suwannee shore
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By Swanee's
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Shore
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