Old Folks At Home (Swanee River) chords *
Stephen Foster (1930 as sung by Paul Robeson)
https://beatcrave.com/w2/the-meaning-behind-the-song-old-folks-at-home-swanee-river-by-paul-robeson/
[C] [F]
Way down upon the Swanee River,
[C] [G]
Far, far away
[C] [F]
That's where my heart is turning ever
[C] [G] [C]
That's where the old folks stay
[C] [F]
All up and down the whole creation,
[C] [G]
Sadly I roam
[C] [F]
Still longing for the old plantation
[C] [G] [C]
And for the old folks at home
[G] [C] [F] [C] [G]
All the world is sad and dreary, everywhere I roam
[C] [F]
Oh, Lordy, how my heart grows weary,
[C] [G] [C]
far from the old folks at home
[C] [F]
All 'round the little farm I wandered,
[C] [G]
When I was young
[C] [F]
Then many happy days I squandered,
[C] [G] [C]
Many the songs I sung
[C] [F]
When I was playing with my brother,
[C] [G]
Happy was I
[C] [F]
Oh, take me to my kind old mother,
[C] [G] [C]
There let me live and die
[G] [C] [F] [C] [G]
All the world is sad and dreary, everywhere I roam
[C] [F]
Oh, Lordy, how my heart grows weary,
[C] [G] [C]
far from the old folks at home
[C] [F]
One little hut among the bushes,
[C] [G]
One that I love
[C] [F]
Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes,
[C] [G] [C]
No matter where I rove
[C] [F]
When shall I see the bees a humming,
[C] [G]
All 'round the comb
[C] [F]
When shall I hear the banjo strumming,
[C] [G] [C]
Down by my good old home
[G] [C] [F] [C] [G]
All the world is sad and dreary, everywhere I roam
[C] [F]
Oh, Lordy, how my heart grows weary,
[C] [G] [C]
far from the old folks at home
* Alternate:
Capo III
[G] = [E]
[C] = [A]
[F] = [D]
Set8
