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- Swanee River
- (Old Folks At
Home)
- Words and Music
by Stephen Foster
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C7 |
F
Bb |
F
G7 |
C7
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| F
C7 |
F Bb |
F C7 |
F |
| F
C7 |
F Bb |
F
G7 |
C7 |
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C7 |
F Bb |
F C7 |
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| C7 |
F |
Bb |
F C7 |
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A7 |
Dm Bb |
F C7 |
F
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- Play 4-beats for each cell
for a slow strum. Play 8-beats for each cell for a faster strum.
- Click here for a key of C
arrangement with ragtime piano.
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- Way down upon the Swanee
River, far, far away.
That's where my heart is turning ever. That's where the
old folks stay.
All up and down the whole creation, sadly I roam,
Still longing for the old plantation, and for the old folks at
home.
- All the world is sad and
dreary, everywhere I roam,
Oh! Lordy, how my heart grows weary, far from the old folks at
home.
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- Jim plays
"Swanee River" in a plectrum banjo medley (youtube,
timestamp 2:15)
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- Listen
to the Scotty Plummer play "Swanee River" (youtube)
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- Listen to Dick Martin
play "Swanee River" on plectrum banjo (mp3)
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- Listen to the Banjo
Kings play "Swanee River" (mp3)
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- Listen to
the Southern California Banjo Band play "Old Folks At Home"
(youtube, timestamp 6:24)
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- Listen to Brennen
Ernst play "Swanee River" on the 5-string banjo (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com