Featured by Al Jolson in the 1923 musical “Bombo”.
Words and music by Buddy G. De Sylva and Con Conrad.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Since I left my home
O’er the world to roam
I have learned a lesson
All the wanderers learn
Ever thru the years
Comes the sound of tears
It’s my dear old Swanee
Crying for my return
Refrain:
Don’t cry, Swanee
I’m coming home to you
Don’t cry, Swanee
I’m just as lonesome too
You’re like my Mammy’s teardrops
Shining for me, yes, shining for me
While she waits there
Pining for me, yes, pining for me
But don’t cry Swanee
Just let me cry for you
Patter:
Swanee sun will find its room again
In my Mammy’s face
And Swanee rose will come and bloom again
In that same sweet place
White as cotton is her hair
With all its silver charms
But she will say goodbye to gloom again
When I’m in her arms
- Swanee, you were gay
In that bygone day
When I watched you flowing
Right in front of my door
Now you seem so sad
That I won’t be glad
Til you’re once more smiling
As in the days of yore
Sung by Fred Feild: