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Swanee River

(Old Folks At Home)

Words and Music by Stephen Foster

C	G7	C             C7	F
C	Am7            D7	G7	-
C	G7	C             C7	F
C	G7	C	-               Ab
G7            Dm7	G7	C	-
F	-               Cdim	C            Gdim	G7
C	G7	C             G7	F
C	G7	C	-     (Repeat)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

Click here for an arrangement in the key of F.

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Way down upon the Swanee River,

Far, far away,

There's where my heart is turning ever,

There's where the old folks stay.

All the world is sad and dreary,

Ev'ry where I roam.

Oh! darkies how my heart grows weary,

Far from the old folks at home.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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