Swanee

by Aretha Franklin

From the album: Soul Sister

Track 7 of 11 on Soul Sister (1966).

Duration: 2:24

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Lyrics for Swanee

Swanee How I love ya, how I love ya My dear old Swanee I'd give the world to be Among my folks in D-I-X-I-E-ven now my (Swanee) People are Waitin' for me, prayin' for me Down by the Swanee The folks up north (north) Will see me no more When I get to that Swanee shore Oh, Swanee How I love ya, how I love ya My dear old Swanee I'd give the world if I could only be Among my folks in D-I-X-I-E-ven now my (Swanee) People are Waitin' for me, prayin' for me Down by the Swanee The folks up north (north) Will never (will) Just see me no more When I get to that Swanee (Swanee) Well, let me get through that Swanee (Swanee) When I cross that Swanee shore

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