[ti:Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)] [ar:2nd South Carolina String Band] [al:In High Cotton] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Old Folks At Home(Swanee River) - 2nd South Carolina String Band [00:04.72]Composed by:Stephen Foster/1851 [00:09.45]Way down upon de Swanee Ribber [00:13.86]Far far away [00:18.34]Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber [00:22.77]Dere's wha de old folks stay [00:27.28]All up and down de whole creation [00:31.88]Sadly I roam [00:36.33]Still longing for de old plantation [00:40.89]And for de old folks at home [00:45.51]All de world am sad and dreary [00:50.24]Eb-rywhere I roam [00:54.66]Oh darkeys how my heart grows weary [00:59.28]Far from de old folks at home [01:03.88]All round de little farm I wandered [01:08.58]When I was young [01:13.21]Den many happy days I squandered [01:17.77]Many de songs I sung [01:22.38]When I was playing wid my brudder [01:27.07]Happy was I [01:31.63]Oh take me to my kind old mudder [01:36.19]Dere let me live and die [01:41.05]All de world am sad and dreary [01:45.69]Eb-rywhere I roam [01:50.21]Oh darkeys how my heart grows weary [01:54.86]Far from de old folks at home [02:18.29]All de world am sad and dreary [02:22.96]Eb-rywhere I roam [02:27.45]Oh darkeys how my heart grows weary [02:32.06]Far from de old folks at home [02:36.93]One little hut among de bushes [02:41.39]One dat I love [02:46.11]Still sadly to my memory rushes [02:50.75]No matter where I rove [02:55.44]When will I see de bees a-humming [03:00.14]All round de comb [03:04.76]When will I hear de banjo strumming [03:09.27]Down in my good old home [03:13.89]All de world am sad and dreary [03:18.56]Eb-rywhere I roam [03:23.08]Oh darkeys how my heart grows weary [03:27.73]Far from de old folks at home [03:32.42]Oh darkeys how my heart grows weary [03:38.50]Far from de old folks at home