Swanee Blues
Composer(s): J. Milton Decamp - Frank Goodman
Performer(s): J. Milton Decamp



I've seen the Swanee River flow along
I've heard a Swanee bird sing out it's song
To you that may be just a melody
But its 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've been away so very long it seems
But I'm in Swanee every night in dreams
Why must I be wandering all around
Down in Swanee there's happiness found
I've longed to breathe that Swanee atmosphere
Where smiling faces filled my heart with cheer
More fragrant is the Swanee Rose 
Than any other flow'r 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 "Bay of Sunshine" whom I long to see
She has made the Swanee, Paradise to me
So there is no more time to lost 
And I'll shake my wand'ring shoes 
for I am going back to cure my Swanee Blues