The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book/Down Where the Swanee River Flows
120—DOWN WHERE THE SWANEE RIVER FLOWS
Down where the Swanee river flows—I want to be thereDown where the cotton blossom grows—I want to see thereMy little sister Flo, keepin' time with Uncle JoeSinging a song and raggin' on his old banjo.I see my dear old mother, Oh lordy, lordy, lordy how I love her;When the birds are singin' in the wildwood,My happy childhood comes back once more,—my heart is sore,That's why I'm going' back where they care for me.Every night they say a little prayer for me,Down where the Swanee river flows.