Swanee Blues 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 Nov 2008
2008

I've seen the Swanee River
flow along,
I've heard a Swanee bird
sing out its song,
to you that may be
just melody,
But it's beautiful music to me;
The Swanee Moon
that's shining up above,
Just seems to bless
my Swanee home with love,
My Swanee friends
were always true,
the name of Swanee makes me blue.

I always seem to get
the Swanee Blues,
When my Mammy
sends me southern news,
My heart beats so fast I find,
Dixie scenes are on my mind,
I can't stay longer,
something stronger
calls me to that Swanee shore,
there's a Ray of Sunshine
whom I long to see,
She has made the Swanee,
Paradise for me,
So there is no more time to lose
and I'll shake my wand'ring shoes,
For I am going back
to cure my Swanee Blues.

I always seem to get
the Swanee Blues,
When my Mammy
sends me southern news,
My heart beats so fast I find,
Dixie scenes are on my mind,
I can't stay longer,
something stronger
calls me to that Swanee shore,
there's a Ray of Sunshine
whom I long to see,
She has made the Swanee,
Paradise for me,
So there is no more time to lose
and I'll shake my wand'ring shoes,
For I am going back
to cure my Swanee Blues.

I've been away
so very long it seems,
But I'm in Swanee
ev'ry night in dreams,
Why must I be wand'ring
all around,
down in Swanee
there's happiness found;
I've longed to breath
that Swanee atmosphere,
where smiling faces
filled my heart with cheer,
more fragrant is the Swanee Rose
than any other flower that grows.

I always seem to get
the Swanee Blues,
When my Mammy
sends me southern news,
My heart beats so fast I find,
Dixie scenes are on my mind,
I can't stay longer,
something stronger
calls me to that Swanee shore,
there's a Ray of Sunshine
whom I long to see,
She has made the Swanee,
Paradise for me,
So there is no more time to lose
and I'll shake my wand'ring shoes,
For I am going back
to cure my Swanee Blues.

I always seem to get
the Swanee Blues,
When my Mammy
sends me southern news,
My heart beats so fast I find,
Dixie scenes are on my mind,
I can't stay longer,
something stronger
calls me to that Swanee shore,
there's a Ray of Sunshine
whom I long to see,
She has made the Swanee,
Paradise for me,
So there is no more time to lose
and I'll shake my wand'ring shoes,
For I am going back
to cure my Swanee Blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Swanee Blues 1920
Music by J.Milton Delcamp
Lyrics by Frank Goodman
© MCMXX by Al.Piantadosi & Co.Inc.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 28 November 2008 at 18.03
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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