'Way down on the S'wannee river Blessings flow from God the Giver. Balmy zephyrs softly blowing; Never cold, frosty nor snowing; Flowers blooming there eternal On the S'wannee, palms grow vernal. I am going back to wed my little Vannie Way down south on the old S'wannee. We will dwell in Florida, mid palms and flowers. 'Way down south on the old S'wannee. In Florida, on the S'wannee Lives my sweetheart, gay and bonnie. There we strolled among the bowers Twining vines and fragrant flowers; Where the Spanish moss was swinging From the trees, and birds were singing. I am going back to wed my little Vannie 'Way down south on the old S'wannee. We will dwell in Florida, mid palms and flowers, 'Way down south on the old S'wannee. By the S'wannee 'neath the bowers We would sit and talk for hours; Bees 'round orange blossoms humming, On our lutes, we oft were strumming. There she promised that she'd wed me S'wannee sweethearts, we'd ever be. I am going back to wed my little Vannie 'Way down south on the old S'wannee We will dwell in Florida, mid palms and flowers 'Way down south on the old S'wannee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CROSSING THE PLAINS by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER MUSIC; AND THE SAVAGE BREAST by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A CHARACTER OF HIS FRIEND, W.B. ESQ by PHILIP AYRES SPRING SONG by MAVIS CLARE BARNETT CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 4. WORTHY MEMORY by WILLIAM BASSE |