George Gershwin - Swanee lyrics

I've been away from you a long time I never thought I'd miss you so Somehow I feel your love is real Near you I long to be The birds are singin', it is song time The banjo's strummin' soft and low I know that you yearn for me too Swanee, you're calling me Swanee, how I love ya, how I love ya 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 waitin' for me, prayin' for me Down by the Swanee The folks up north won't see me no more When I go to that Swanee shore Swanee, Swanee, I am goin' back to Swanee Swanee, Swanee, I love the old folks at home