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OLD FOLKS AT HOME

(Swanee River)

Words and Music by Stephen Foster

F                   C7	F         Bb	F               G7	C7
F                   C7	F         Bb	F         C7	F
F                   C7	F         Bb	F               G7	C7
F                   C7	F         Bb	F         C7	F
C7	F	Bb	F         C7
F         A7	Dm      Bb	F         C7	F    (Repeat)

2-cell intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell for a slow strum.

Play 8-beats for each cell for a faster strum.

Click here for an arrangement in the key of C.

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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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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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