A 1918 popular song.
Words by Gene Buck.
Music by Dave Stamper.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Back in the long ago
Days that I used to know
Far from the city and care
That’s where I’m longing to be
Someone I’m yearning to see
There’s a shady nook
There’s a babbling brook
A swing ‘neath a beautiful tree
Wonderful spot of my childhood
I hear you calling to me
Refrain:
Swinging along, far from the throng
Out where the peaches all grow
Sweet summer breeze, blows thru the trees
As you swing to and fro
Each little peach is within reach
You know the kind that I mean
Each, every one kissed by the sun
As they are swinging
Soft bells are ringing
As they go swinging along