Bless My Swanee River Home
Music by WALTER DONALDSON
Words by SAM LEWIS and JOE YOUNG
Published 1919 by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, Co.

1.
Anyone gets lonesome, in a lonesome town,
When the night shades gather 'roun',
And the moon starts peepin' down;
My poor heart just moans some,

When I'm slumber boun;
But before I hit the hay,
There's a pray'r I love to say:

[Chorus}
Bless my Swanee River Home,
Bless my ma and pa,
Bless my heart I wanna roam,
Where ever they are;

The more I linger, The more I sigh,
Oh! I could be so cheerful,
With an earful of my Mammy's lullabye;

Bless that little Dixie shack,
Where the unshine gleams;
Bless that train that takes me back,
Each night in my dreams;

Oh! Lord! I wanna offer,
A little pray'r that's all my own;
Won't you bless evry thing that's worth while blessing,
in my Swanee River Home.
Home.

2.
Ev'ry night I travel, straight for happiness,
It's my mammy's sweet caress,
Kind o' guides me there I guess;
All my dreams unravel;
On that dream express, 'Cause I hop into my berth,
With the sweetest pray'r on earth: