Do you know way down, way down upon the Swanee, talking 'bout the river So know we're so far, so far away, oh yeah Do you know that's where, where my heart is turning ever And that's where, that's where the old folks stay All the world is sad and lonely now everywhere I roam Keep on tell you my darling How my heart is going sad, so sad and lonely Because I'm so far, I'm far from my folks back home All the world is sad and lonely now everywhere I roam Keep on tell you my darling How my heart is going sad, so sad and lonely Because I'm so far, so far from my folks back home, yeah I'm far from my folks back home, yeah So far from my folks back home, yeah Oh far from my folks back home, yeah