Swanee River Blues 1923

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Sep 2008
2008

I've been as blue as a person can be,
I know exactly what is wrong with me,
I'm kind of homesick
and that's no disgrace,
I've got a yearning for a certain place.
Way down upon the Swanee River
The only spot on earth
I'd ever choose
I'll tell you why I want to go
that's the only place I know
where they don't know what is
to have the "blues!"

Swanee River Blues
Come stealing
and I can not lose
that feeling
to go back again and stay
where ev'rybody's
happy night and day.
Hear the evening chimes
a ringing
Darkies have their times
for singing melodies,
that soothe and ease
and fill my heart with tender memories,
There I want to be,
I want to see the mammy I adore.
Waiting patiently for me to
be in Dixieland once more
There's a loving Miss to meet me
With a loving kiss to greet me
That is why I've got those
Swanee River Blues.

Swanee River Blues
Come stealing
and I can not lose
that feeling
to go back again and stay
where ev'rybody's
happy night and day.
Hear the evening chimes
a ringing
Darkies have their times
for singing melodies,
that soothe and ease
and fill my heart with tender memories,
There I want to be,
I want to see the mammy I adore.
Waiting patiently for me to
be in Dixieland once more
There's a loving Miss to meet me
With a loving kiss to greet me
That is why I've got those
Swanee River Blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Swanee River Blues 1923
'from Ziegfeld Follies 1923'
Music by Dave Stamper
Lyrics by Gene Buck
© MCMXXIII by Harms Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 19 September 2008 at 10.38
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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