Swanee River

Cuckoo, chanting her words to the air of "Swanee River", and drumming an accompaniment on the bedpost.

For the Sake of the School Angela Brazil 1907

"Swanee River" brought a brimming bucket from the stream that made the pool and poured it gleefully into the kettle.

The Long Roll Mary Johnston 1903

I tried to think of "something in a lighter vein," and inquired, "How would 'Swanee River' be?"

In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters 1886

Occasionally stentorian lungs roar unmelodious music-hall choruses that jar by contrast with sweeter strains, but sentiment prevails, and who can wonder if there are sometimes tears in the voices that sing "Swanee River" and "Home, Sweet Home," or if a listener's heart is deeply moved as he hears the words, "Mother come back from the Echoless Shore," sung amid such surroundings in the still nights of days that are hoarse with the booming of guns.

Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith 1874

He produced a large portion of the minstrel genre, including “Camptown Races,” “Swanee River,” and “My Old Kentucky Home.”

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

She could tell him about the new girl who could have played anything she wanted and who selected “Swanee River.”

The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010

He would have found it funny that the brown-haired girl also chose to play “Swanee River.”

The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010

She let one of the students in Junior Chorus—a girl named Alison, who was taking piano lessons—play the piano, while she sat on her stool, looking out over the blur of faces, joining without enthusiasm in the singing of “Swanee River.”

The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010

Mr. LOUIS ARMSTRONG (Musician): Now brothers, it was way down upon the Swanee River ...

The Lyrics And Legacy Of Stephen Foster 2010

(Soundbite of song, "Old Folks at Home") THE MILLS BROTHERS (Singing Group): (Singing) Way down upon the Swanee River, far, far away, far away.

The Lyrics And Legacy Of Stephen Foster 2010