Swanee River
music by steven foster
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SWANEE RIVER
SWANEE RIVER (SONG CAR-TUNES) 1925
SWANEE RIVER (SONG CAR-TUNES) 1925
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Swanee River is an alternate title of Steven Foster's 1851 minstrel classic Old Folks At Home. In February 1925 Max Fleischer used Old Folks At Home for an installment of his Song-Car-Tunes series. Later that year, in July 1925, Fleischer used the song once again in a Song Car-Tunes short titled Swanee River.
For more on this song see: OLD FOLKS AT HOME (Song Car-Tunes) 1925 |
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1900
METRO- POLITAN ORCHESTRA |
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1902
BURT SHEPARD (PARODY) |
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1915
AXEL CHRISTENSEN |
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1930
PAUL ROBESON |
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1935
DJANGO REINHARDT |
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1935
BING CROSBY from the film MISSISSIPPI |
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19??
TOMMY DORSEY |
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19??
KENNETH SPENCER |
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19??
FIDDLING JOHN CARSON AND HIS VIRGINIA REELERS |
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1940
HARRY JAMES AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
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1945
LUX RADIO THEATRE (AL JOLSON AND MORE) |
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1947
THE ANDREWS SISTERS |
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1948
FRED ASTAIRE & JUDY GARLAND from the film EASTER PARADE |
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19??
THE MID STATES FOUR |
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19??
DEANNA DURBIN |
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19??
THE HONEY- MOONERS |
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1959
CHET ATKINS |
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1960
LOU DONALDSON |
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1962
from the film HATARI |
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196?
PETE SEGAR (one line of song is edited out) |
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19??
RAY CHARLES |
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1964
KELSO HERSTON |
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19??
DAVE BRUBECK |
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1970
DOROTHY SQUIRES |
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19??
KID ORY |
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19??
CHASE |
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19??
PINNACLE BOYS |
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19??
HANK JOHNSON |
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19??
BOURBON STREET STOMPERS |
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19??
DON NEDOBECK TRIO |
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2005
DON RENO & EDDIE ADCOCK |
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20??
JOHNNY JAKE |
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20??
CELLO-LOOP |
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2007
EARTHLINGS WASHBOARD BAND |
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2009
LARRY GROCE |
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2011
THE BARBERSHOP SINGERS |
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2011
HUGH LAURIE |
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2015
PETE SIERS DUO |
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THE ROGER WAGNER CHORALE
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THE SWANEE RIVER
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 darkies, how my heart grows weary
Far from the old folks at home
All round the little farm I wandered, When I was young
Then many happy days I squandered, Many the songs I sung
When I was playing with my brother, Happy was I
Oh, take me to my kind old mother, There let me live and die
All the world is sad and dreary everywhere I roam
Oh darkies, how my heart grows weary
Far from the old folks at home
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One little hut among the bushes,
One that I love
Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes,
No matter where I rove
When shall I see the bees a humming,
All 'round the comb
When shall I hear the banjo strumming,
Down by my good old home
Chorus:
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 darkies, how my heart grows weary
Far from the old folks at home
All round the little farm I wandered, When I was young
Then many happy days I squandered, Many the songs I sung
When I was playing with my brother, Happy was I
Oh, take me to my kind old mother, There let me live and die
All the world is sad and dreary everywhere I roam
Oh darkies, how my heart grows weary
Far from the old folks at home
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One little hut among the bushes,
One that I love
Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes,
No matter where I rove
When shall I see the bees a humming,
All 'round the comb
When shall I hear the banjo strumming,
Down by my good old home
Chorus:
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