Bless My Swanee River Home 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20 Jun 2009
2009

Anyone gets lonesome,
in a lonesome town,
when the night shades gather roun'
and the moon starts peeping down;
My poor heart just moans some
when I'm slumber boun'
But before I hit the hay,
there's a prayer I love to say:

Bless my Swanee River home,
Bless my ma and pa,
bless my heart I wanna roam,
where ever they are;
the more I linger
the more I sigh,
Oh! I could be so cheerful
with an earful of my mammy's lullaby;
Bless that little Dixie shack,
where the sunshine gleams,
Bless that train that takes me back,
Each night in my dreams
Oh! Lord!
I wanna offer
a little prayer
that's all my own,
won't you bless ev'rything
that's worth while blessing
in my Swanee River home.

Bless my Swanee River home,
Bless my ma and pa,
bless my heart I wanna roam,
where ever they are;
the more I linger
the more I sigh,
Oh! I could be so cheerful
with an earful of my mammy's lullaby;
Bless that little Dixie shack,
where the sunshine gleams,
Bless that train that takes me back,
Each night in my dreams
Oh! Lord!
I wanna offer
a little prayer
that's all my own,
won't you bless ev'rything
that's worth while blessing
in my Swanee River home.

Ev'ry night I travel,
straight for happiness,
It's my mammy's sweet caress
kind o' guides me there I guess;
all my dreams unravel
on that dream express,
cause I hop into my berth
with the sweetest prayer on earth,

Bless my Swanee River home,
Bless my ma and pa,
bless my heart I wanna roam,
where ever they are;
the more I linger
the more I sigh,
Oh! I could be so cheerful
with an earful of my mammy's lullaby;
Bless that little Dixie shack,
where the sunshine gleams,
Bless that train that takes me back,
Each night in my dreams
Oh! Lord!
I wanna offer
a little prayer
that's all my own,
won't you bless ev'rything
that's worth while blessing
in my Swanee River home.

Bless my Swanee River home,
Bless my ma and pa,
bless my heart I wanna roam,
where ever they are;
the more I linger
the more I sigh,
Oh! I could be so cheerful
with an earful of my mammy's lullaby;
Bless that little Dixie shack,
where the sunshine gleams,
Bless that train that takes me back,
Each night in my dreams
Oh! Lord!
I wanna offer
a little prayer
that's all my own,
won't you bless ev'rything
that's worth while blessing
in my Swanee River home.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
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lyric
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Bless My Swanee River Home 1919
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Sam M.Lewis & Joe Young
© MCMXIX by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 20 June 2009 at 16.09
in association with Veda Meyer-castens
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