The Swanee River Bend 1912

byJames Pitt-Payne, London UK - 8 Oct 2009
2009

Just hear dem darkies shout
what makes 'em holler out
why it's a steam boat
down the stream,
across the cotton fields,
you hear the paddle wheels,
and me, oh my but
don't dem whistles scream;
there's some one playin' low
and it's a tune I know,
my dear old Mammy loved to croon,
those darkies go crazy
when they start to dance
that wonderful Swanee River tune.

When all dem coons start dancin'
way down South in the land of cotton
swayin' to that lovin' tune of Swanee River.
They float like a boat
on a silvery stream,
each little pick with his ebony queen,
they swing, swing
watch 'em cut the pigeon wing,
and do the double shuffle
Oh, you colored Fluffy Ruffle
Just hear dem Banjos hummin'
that's one melody that keeps 'em trottin
up to the very end,
see dat nigger do a funny, funny figure.
You forget about your Ole Kentucky Home,
when you're doin' that Swanee River Bend,
in Georgia, when you do,
when you do that Swanee River Bend.

When all dem coons start dancin'
way down South in the land of cotton
swayin' to that lovin' tune of Swanee River.
They float like a boat
on a silvery stream,
each little pick with his ebony queen,
they swing, swing
watch 'em cut the pigeon wing,
and do the double shuffle
Oh, you colored Fluffy Ruffle
Just hear dem Banjos hummin'
that's one melody that keeps 'em trottin
up to the very end,
see dat nigger do a funny, funny figure.
You forget about your Ole Kentucky Home,
when you're doin' that Swanee River Bend,
in Georgia, when you do,
when you do that Swanee River Bend.

It's mighty hard to learn
but when you get that turn
you have a dance that sure am rare.
If you could only see
that colored Jubilee
you're done forever with the Grizzly Bear,
for when they start to sway
and do the Bombashay
you think you're ten miles out at sea.
Oh, watch Ebenezer
with his Liza Jane,
She's keepin' him busy as a bee.

When all dem coons start dancin'
way down South in the land of cotton
swayin' to that lovin' tune of Swanee River.
They float like a boat
on a silvery stream,
each little pick with his ebony queen,
they swing, swing
watch 'em cut the pigeon wing,
and do the double shuffle
Oh, you colored Fluffy Ruffle
Just hear dem Banjos hummin'
that's one melody that keeps 'em trottin
up to the very end,
see dat nigger do a funny, funny figure.
You forget about your Ole Kentucky Home,
when you're doin' that Swanee River Bend,
in Georgia, when you do,
when you do that Swanee River Bend.

When all dem coons start dancin'
way down South in the land of cotton
swayin' to that lovin' tune of Swanee River.
They float like a boat
on a silvery stream,
each little pick with his ebony queen,
they swing, swing
watch 'em cut the pigeon wing,
and do the double shuffle
Oh, you colored Fluffy Ruffle
Just hear dem Banjos hummin'
that's one melody that keeps 'em trottin
up to the very end,
see dat nigger do a funny, funny figure.
You forget about your Ole Kentucky Home,
when you're doin' that Swanee River Bend,
in Georgia, when you do,
when you do that Swanee River Bend.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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The Swanee River Bend 1912
Music by John B.Lowitz
Lyrics by Ferd E.Mierisch
© 1912 by F.B.Haviland Pub.Co.Inc. - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 8 October 2009 at 11.18
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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