Swannee River - Ivey Memorial Park - Branford, Florida, USA.
N 29° 57.328 W 082° 55.692
17R E 313928 N 3315414
Way down upon the Swanee River - This version was written by Songwriters: Stephen Collins Foster & Peter Meter-Bits.
Located at Ivey Memorial Pak, way down the Suwannee River, at Branford, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WMXMJX
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/29/2018
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Most people associate Swanee" as a popular song written in 1919 by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Irving Caesar. It is most often associated with singer Al Jolson. But there is no reference to the river in this versions lyrics.
Way down upon the Swanee River - Version was written by Songwriters: Stephen Collins Foster & Peter Meter-Bits. & Sung by Hugh Laurie.
"The Suwannee River (also spelled Swanee River) is a major river that runs through South Georgia southward into Florida in the southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about 246 miles (396 km) long. The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwanee Straits which separated peninsular Florida from the panhandle."
Lyrics:
Way down upon the Swanee River,
Far, far away.
That's where my heart is yearning ever,
Home where the old folks stay.
Way down upon the Swanee River,
Far, far away-hey.
Wo, that's where my heart is yearning ever,
Home where the old folks stay.
All up and down the whole creation,
Sadly I roam.
I'm a still a-longin' for the old plantation,
Oh, for the old folks at home.
Ah-oh-oh!
Oh, my my!
Well, way down upon the Swanee River,
Far, far away-hey.
Wo, that's where my heart is yearning ever,
Home where the old folks stay.
All up and down the whole creation,
Sadly I roam.
I'm still a-longin' for the old plantation,
And for the old folks at home.
All the world is sad and dreary,
Ev'rywhere I roam.
Oh, darkies, how my heart grows weary,
Far from the old folks at home
Far from the old folks at home
Far from the old folks at home
Far from the old folks at home.
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