Swanee Rose 1921 Gershwin

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13 Jul 2006
2006

Where the sweet magnolias grow
on the Swanee shore,
there's a girlie that I miss;
She is waiting and I know
what she's waiting for;
so I wrote her this:

My pretty Swanee Rose,
I'm leaving on the six eleven
Swanee Rose,
I know I'm on my way to Heaven,
something just pulls me to ya,
I feel like shouting Hallalujah!
Swanee Rose, although I've been away
you know I love you, love you!
So, honey,
if I'm still your steady,
Oh, honey, get that white dress ready!
'Cause the preacher knows,
he's got a date to marry me to Swanee Rose.

My pretty Swanee Rose,
I'm leaving on the six eleven
Swanee Rose,
I know I'm on my way to Heaven,
something just pulls me to ya,
I feel like shouting Hallalujah!
Swanee Rose, although I've been away
you know I love you, love you!
So, honey,
if I'm still your steady,
Oh, honey, get that white dress ready!
'Cause the preacher knows,
he's got a date to marry me to Swanee Rose.

Ev'ry letter that I get
since I've been away,
tells me all day long she pines,
Can't you see my little pet,
smile the livelong day,
when she reads these lines:

My pretty Swanee Rose,
I'm leaving on the six eleven
Swanee Rose,
I know I'm on my way to Heaven,
something just pulls me to ya,
I feel like shouting Hallalujah!
Swanee Rose, although I've been away
you know I love you, love you!
So, honey,
if I'm still your steady,
Oh, honey, get that white dress ready!
'Cause the preacher knows,
he's got a date to marry me to Swanee Rose.

My pretty Swanee Rose,
I'm leaving on the six eleven
Swanee Rose,
I know I'm on my way to Heaven,
something just pulls me to ya,
I feel like shouting Hallalujah!
Swanee Rose, although I've been away
you know I love you, love you!
So, honey,
if I'm still your steady,
Oh, honey, get that white dress ready!
'Cause the preacher knows,
he's got a date to marry me to Swanee Rose.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Swanee Rose 1921 Gershwin
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Irving Caesar and B.G.De Sylva
sung by Al Jolson
© MCMXXI by T.B.Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter  N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 13 July 2006 at 11.27pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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