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ISBN
MUM00682, 0101
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Description
Cover: text at top reads Way down upon de Swanee Riber; Publisher: National Music Co. (Chicago)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 19th Century; Songs --United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States
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Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
Way down upon de Swanee ribber, Far, far away, Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber, Dere's wha de old folks stay. All up and down de whole creation, sadly I roam - Still longing for de old plantation, And for de old folks at home.
Chorus
All de world am sad and dreary, Eb'ry where I roam, Oh, darkies, how my heart grows weary, far from de old folks at home! All de world am sad and dreary, Eb'ry where I roam, Oh, darkies, how my heart grows weary, far from de old folks at home!
Second verse
All round de little farm I wander'd, When I was young; Den many happy days I squander'd - many de songs I sung. When I was playing wid my brudder, Happy was I, Oh! take me to my kind old mudder, Dere let me live and die.
(Chorus)
Third Verse
One little hut among de bushes, one dat I love, Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes, No matter where I rove. When will I see de bees a humming, All round de comb? When will I hear de banjo tumming, Down in my good old
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