Down Where The Swanee River Flows
Words by Charles McCarron and Charles S. Alberte, Music by Albert Von Tilzer
Words by Charles McCarron and Charles S. Alberte, Music by Albert Von Tilzer
Verse 1: I had a big surprise today, While in a ten-cent photoplay,
I really saw my old home town way down in Dixieland, It was simply grand,
Just to sit right there and gaze, On the scenes of bygone days,
Made me yearn to return to the land and people, I will love always.
I even saw the same old school, Where I learned the golden rule.
I really saw my old home town way down in Dixieland, It was simply grand,
Just to sit right there and gaze, On the scenes of bygone days,
Made me yearn to return to the land and people, I will love always.
I even saw the same old school, Where I learned the golden rule.
Chorus: Down where the Swanee River flows, I want to be there.
Down where the cotton blossom grows, I want to see there,
My little sister Flo', keepin' time with Uncle Joe,
Singing a song and raggin' on his old banjo,
I see my dear old Mother, Oh Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, How I love her,
When the birds are singing in the wildwood,
My happy childhood, Comes back once more, My heart is sore,
That's why I'm going back where they care for me,
Ev'ry night they say a little prayer for me,
Down where the Swanee River flows.
Down where the cotton blossom grows, I want to see there,
My little sister Flo', keepin' time with Uncle Joe,
Singing a song and raggin' on his old banjo,
I see my dear old Mother, Oh Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, How I love her,
When the birds are singing in the wildwood,
My happy childhood, Comes back once more, My heart is sore,
That's why I'm going back where they care for me,
Ev'ry night they say a little prayer for me,
Down where the Swanee River flows.
Verse 2: I'd like to meet that movie man, I want to shake him by the hand,
I want to tell him that he wrote a grand scenario, He knew where to go,
Plain as day upon the screen, Hezakiah can be seen,
Little Mose on his toes, looking at the camera, Nearly spoiled the scene,
I saw the cotton white as foam, I saw my home sweet home,
I want to tell him that he wrote a grand scenario, He knew where to go,
Plain as day upon the screen, Hezakiah can be seen,
Little Mose on his toes, looking at the camera, Nearly spoiled the scene,
I saw the cotton white as foam, I saw my home sweet home,
Chorus: Down where the Swanee River flows, I want to be there.
Down where the cotton blossom grows, I want to see there,
My little sister Flo', keepin' time with Uncle Joe,
Singing a song and raggin' on his old banjo,
I see my dear old Mother, Oh Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, How I love her,
When the birds are singing in the wildwood,
My happy childhood, Comes back once more, My heart is sore,
That's why I'm going back where they care for me,
Ev'ry night they say a little prayer for me,
Down where the Swanee River flows.
Down where the cotton blossom grows, I want to see there,
My little sister Flo', keepin' time with Uncle Joe,
Singing a song and raggin' on his old banjo,
I see my dear old Mother, Oh Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, How I love her,
When the birds are singing in the wildwood,
My happy childhood, Comes back once more, My heart is sore,
That's why I'm going back where they care for me,
Ev'ry night they say a little prayer for me,
Down where the Swanee River flows.
