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Swanee River

(Old Folks At Home)

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)

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 medley (youtube, timestamp 2:15)

 

Listen to the Scotty Plummer play "Swanee River" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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