A 1919 popular song.
Words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young.
Music by Walter Donaldson.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Anyone gets lonesome
In a lonesome town
When the night shades gather ’round
And the moon starts peepin’ down
My poor heart just moans some
When I’m slumber boun’
But before I hit the hay
There’s a prayer I love to say
Chorus
Bless my Swanee River home
Bless my ma and pa
Bless my heart I wanna roam
Where ever they are
The more I linger, the more I sigh
Oh! I could be so cheerful
With an earful of my Mammy’s lullabye
Bless that little Dixie shack
Where the sunshine gleams
Bless that train that takes me back
Each night in my dreams
Oh! Lord! I wanna offer
A little prayer that’s all my own
Won’t you bless everything
That’s worth while blessing
In my Swanee River Home
- Every night I travel
Straight for happiness
It ‘s my mammy’s sweet caress
Kind o’ guides me there I guess
All my dreams unravel
On that dream express
Cause I hop into my berth
With the sweetest prayer on earth