Swanee
Джордж Гершвин Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Swanee' by these artists:

Al Jolson I've been away from you a long time I never thought…
Al Jolson/Warner Bros. Orchestra I've been away from you a long time I never thought…
Aretha Franklin Swanee how I love ya, how I love ya My dear…
Bing Crosby I've been away from you a long time. I never thought…
Bing Crosby & Al Jolson I've been away from you a long time I never thought…
Connie Francis I′ve been away from you a long time I never thought…
Dean Martin Way down upon the Swanee river Far far away Swanee how I…
Eddie Condon & His Orchestra I've been away from you a long time I never…
Eddie Condon Dixieland All-Stars Swanee, how I love you, how I love you My dear…

Eddie Fisher I've been away from you a long time. I never thought…
frankie carle and his orchestra Way down upon the Swanee River, Far, far away That's where m…
Fred Van Eps Trio I've been away from you a long time. I never thought…
George Gershwin I've been away from you a long time I never thought…
George Gershwin (performer) I've been away from you a long time. I never thought…
George Gershwin / Peter Donohoe I've been away from you a long time I never thought…
George Gershwin/Artis Wodehouse I've been away from you a long time I never thought…
Guy Luypaerts And His Orchestra I've been away from you a long time. I never thought…
Jackie Wilson I've been away from you a long time. I never thought…
Judy Garland I've been away from you a long time I never…
Judy Garland & Victor Young and His Orchestra I've been away from you a long time I never…
Judy Garland and Liza Minelli I've been away from you a long time I never…
Judy Garland/Liza Minnelli I've been away from you a long time I never…
Judy Garland/Victor Young & His Orchestra I've been away from you a long time I never…
Levantino I've been away from you a long time. I never thought…
Louis Armstrong Way down upon the Swanee River, Far, far away That's where m…
Mandy Patinkin I′ve Been Away From You A Long Time. I Never Thought…
Maurice André/Orchestra/André Carradot I've been away from you a long time I never thought…
Michael Feinstein I've been away from you a long time. I never thought…
Mitch Miller Way down upon the Swanee River, Far, far away That's where m…
Mitch Miller & The Gang & Orchestra I've been away from you a long time I never…
Mrs. Mills Way down upon the Swanee River, Far, far away. That's where …
Patti Austin I've been away from you a long time I never thought…
Paul Whiteman & Bing Crosby I've been away from you a long time. I never thought…
Robert Mandell & His Orchestra And Chorus I've been away from you a long time I never…
Rufus Wainwright Swanee, how I love you, how I love you My dear…
Sid Ramin and His Orchestra I've been away from you a long time I never…
Ted Heath Way down upon the Swanee River, Far, far away That's where m…
The King SistersFrank DeVol & His Orchestra I've been away from you a long time I never…
Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra / George & Ira Gershwin I've been away from you a long time I never thought…

Zez Confrey and His Orchestra I've been away from you a long time I never…

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

jasobres

47w

I've been away from you a long time
I never thought I'd miss you
Somehow I feel
Your love was real
Near you I long to be
The birds are singing it is song time
The banjos strumming soft and low
I know that you
Yearn for me, too
Swanee, you're calling me

Swanee, how I love ya, how I love ya
My dear old Swanee
I'd give the world to be
Among the folks in
D-I-X-I-Even know my mammy's
Waiting for me, praying for me
Down by the Swanee
The folks up north will see me no more
When I go to that Swanee shore

Swanee...
Swanee...
I'm coming back to Swanee
Mammy...
Mammy...
I love the old folks at home!

All comments from YouTube:

David Ramos

3y↑23

Not only was Gershwin a magnificent composer, but he was also an incredible pianist.

Brace67

3y↑49

An American musical genius with such incomparable talent who died far too young. Imagine the music he had left to compose to give us and the world.

sumi2

what a pity

Robert Soul

I mean, he was no Takeoff

Charlotte Orr

5y↑32

What a talent. It sounds like three pianos playing at once.

Hydreigion

4y↑25

Such a rhythmic and joyous performance. Males you smile

ferociousgumby

Piano roll. None of his real recordings have this kind of sound quality. They also seem kind of like no one's at the keyboard. Maybe his ghost is playing?

mike pen

7y↑21

This is the sort of wonderful piece that you could listen to every day and never tire of it.

Blake McNamara

4y↑9

A century ago and one can still tell that music was going in a new direction with songs like this. It doesn't look to be going in any direction a hundred years later.

ferociousgumby

3y↑4

What makes the piece brilliant is that he quotes TWO Stephen Foster songs at the end: the original "Swanee" (Old Folks at Home), AND Listen to the Mockingbird. How he does this in a couple of bars is what makes him a genius.

crowe bobby

45w

One of the very very best Swanees I've heard.

Vittorio Deriu

4y↑4

Grandissimo George Gershwin, aveva la musica nel sangue!

Cioofek

6y↑4

Uwielbiam ten utwór, jest taki optymistyczny :)

Jack Gedzelman

10y↑23

His piano playing style and mastery were out of this world. He brought back singlehandedly the roaring twenties and he did not a big band to do it.

Will Kuethe

6y↑11

Gershwin brought on the roaring 20s... Swanee was written in 1919.

Christina Henze

10y↑7

very nice piece, am almost done redoing it and put my style in Gershwin's song swanee

Venus Gordeyeva

6y↑1

Thank you for sharing, Richard! Brilliant G. Gershwin!

La Choriste

5y↑3

J'aime tant les merveilleuses photos de George Gershwin! Et surtout sa musique!

jasobres

47w

J-M Harari

Eblouissant !.. One of the very very best ones.... And there are the roaring twenties, their happyness...silent movies...

Tania Amendola

7y↑1

Musica unica e affascinante....Great George

Adelaide Cheng

Kiváló zongoraművész, hihetetlen tehetséggel.

GEORGE GHIRLANDO

6y↑99

Pianists: this is how SWANEE should be played, listen to the tempo. So many perform this piece at speeds that make their fingers bleed. This happens also to "Maple Leaf Rag." Take It down and don't forget to breathe. Yes, I love it too.

Meade Music

5y↑5

I did a version and tried to slow it down a tad.

Hydreigion

4y↑3

I want to learn it. Ill plsy it Gershwin's tempo.

Alberto Gallina

4y↑3

1919 first song-very very nice like-

sunny H

3y↑2

This person is a GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Azi Smythe

6y↑31

Played at EVERY football pregame show at the University of Florida.

Richard Thomas

6y↑5

Azi Smythe that is cool. Thanks for letting us know! I appreciate it!

Essess Nine

4y↑3

They've taken it out of the pregame in the last couple years, don't know why. It's still played as a pep tune.

Here's the Gator Band version: https://soundcloud.com/floridagators/swanee?in=floridagators/sets/gator-band-classics

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS

4y↑7

Yes, this piano roll performance was 'played' by Gershwin, however, those who feel like he has 4 hands, you are correct - Aeolian, QRS, all of them 'embellished' their rolls much like we 'overdub' today. There is no guaranteeing what you hear was originally 'punched' by George in one pass. Kiddies, look up "Player Piano" on the Google.. and not the one with the electric air pump - that piano's for a "Nancy Boy" [yes, Seinfeld reference].

Carol O'Keeffe

This can be played with two hands.

wygtam

5y↑77

It's funny how many sentimental songs were written about the South in the 20's and 30's by guys who were never south of Canal Street in NYC.

Bobby Wimsy

5y↑22

wygtam Gershwin spent alot of time in South Carolina absorbing the sound and emotional milieu of the Afro-American folks prior to writing or perhaps during the writing of Porgy and Bess in the mid thirties.

Brace67

A great example of a famous singer if that period who sang a number of popular songs of the South without ever having been there was Al Joleson. Songs like “Mammy”, “Is it true what they say about Dixie?”, Rockabye your baby with a Dixie Melody”, “Swanee River”, “Hello Tucky” (for Kentucky), etc. All very popular in their day.

Elias Robinson

This is amazing

はむはむ

同い年の人が書いたとは思えない、、やっぱりすごいんだ。。。

Jeremy Haines

4y↑2

Excellent stuff x

hank

6y↑3

Magical!

Benjamin Radner

4y↑1

The best of the best!

Fern S

4y↑6

Te amo George!!!!

Grace Notes MusicThe Singers Center Grace Testani - Jazz

8y↑8

The amazing George Gershwin - this was the 1st song he wrote, in 1919

Natalie Pie

Grace Notes MusicThe Singers Center Grace Testani - Jazz I am doing homework about him

Wanna be a Subscriber

He created a song in 1911, I forgot the name but it was very popular

Yisrael Lutnick

6y↑1

Actually, his first published song was called "If You Want 'Em You Can't Get 'Em, When You Got 'Em You Don't Want E'm." Yeh, it's a long title! He was 16 when it was published in 1914.
Swanee, which he wrote on a bus with a friend named Irving Caesar, became his first big hit when Al Jolson performed it. It was actually the biggest hit both he and Jolson ever had!

That Record

This would sound GREAT with a sostenuto pedal on the few parts with the descending bass harmony parts.

Alois Melichar

what does such a sostenuto pedal and is it the left one at pianos with 3 pedals?

That Record

@Alois Melichar The sostenuto pedal really only comes on high-end pianos, although there are some companies that used to install them on their cheaper pianos. The sostenuto pedal is a special pedal that holds a note when pressed and you can make every other notes on the piano sound staccato while the note you selected with the sostenuto pedal continues to ring out. It is like the damper pedal, except it only sustains the notes you selected. Typically, the sostenuto pedal is replaced with what is called the poor-man's sostenuto, which is just a sustain pedal for the bass.
Frederick Hodges has a terrific video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1cVBPqQpgg&t=35s
It sounds like there are 3 hands playing

Alois Melichar

@That Record Thanks, I appreciate you’re answer! I didn’t know, that such a thing existed, but I sometimes wished, there were something like a sostenuto pedal, while playing around on the piano! But it’s understandable, that it comes with its price...

That Record

@Alois Melichar Money, money, money... Too bad that is the factor for beautiful things like making music.

Camille Bouchard

10y↑3

Quel beau souvenir !

Natalie Gold

1st class music does'nt date, especially when the pianist is this good!

Aileen

I like better when we heard a vocal singing to it . Exemple by Al Bernard

Jeremy Haines

4y↑5

Magical

Hotel Florentia

Lovely

Preman Tilson

9y↑57

This is a piano roll.

Richard Thomas

9y↑18

Preman Tilson Gershwin recorded over 140 piano rolls. He also recoded live piano, including the Rhapsody in Blue and many of his pop songs.

Preman Tilson

9y↑6

Richard Thomas Indeed. I only mentioned it in case anyone got the mistaken idea this was one of the live recordings.

Antoine Bihr

8y↑2

+Preman Tilson : Indeed, it's good to mention it, even if one will probably think twice and realize that such a quality in audio recording was not really possible in the 1930s :)

Preman Tilson

8y↑4

+Antoine Bihr It's amazing how many that would not occur to! :) To be fair, lots of people have never heard of piano rolls.

ToddSF 94109

8y↑12

There was more than one system for piano rolls, and the better of them included automatic loudness and softness settings. The good news is that many of the Gershwin rolls were of the more sophisticated type. Yamaha came up with a system to translate them from punched paper rolls to digital disc format to play on their modern digitally controlled player pianos, and then, once they'd done that, they made a CD of the Gershwin piano rolls, played by the digital discs on a concert grand player piano. Also, when they did a careful analysis of the Gershwin paper rolls they found that no additional notes had been added by punching additional holes in the rolls, something they used to do to enhance the playback -- meaning the notes being sounded on the player piano were more than two hands could play. As to the Gershwin rolls, it was discovered that hadn't been done, so all the notes you hear are those Gershwin played.

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Emily Tapp

8y↑7

Is there sheet music for this available?

Jeanette Whited

Yes, I actually just searched it, but you have to pay money

Scriabinist

@Jeanette Whited IMSLP

pereira1801

11y↑2

If you are talking about the score, it is available on muscinotes. (i can't write down the complete adress but it's .com) It's that exact same one :)

Violin Piano

10y↑9

Thank you!

BirdsUnion

Yeah baby

ferociousgumby

8y↑21

Geor-gie, how-I-luv-ya how-I-luv-ya
My dear old Georgie.

Solitaire

ferociousgumby love it

DANILO VEGA

Insuperable!!!

Hendrik Frans

7y↑2

Coming for Kokosake!

Jimmy from Hong Kong ジミー

Turn playback speed 1.25, and it sounds a lot like the way Jack Gibbons played
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muG6jQDfB24

jacob Thompson

11y↑1

swane is awsome

Nico Edogawa

7y↑36

Am I the only one who came here after watching the anthem of heart? XD

Ferdinand Martin

ye looks like :D

Elisa Márquez

You're not alone :D

Fish Ramen

Yep XD

NLH

6y↑1

Lets go! xD because of that movie I've been on a piano music streak, like 80 days around the world, one by beethoven xD

NLH

The version is still diffrent tho than in the movie sad

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Arvind Mallya

Richard, Can you tell me the Piano Roll make and number. Thanks!

sunakobecna

4y↑2

How hard is it?

YT

9y↑12

第1幕「あこがれの舞踏会」

Tropenfieber

11y

thanks for the upload

Fish Ramen

Yesss I am finding this

Giang Trần

4y↑1

OMG

Taitetu Takesinn

Where can I get this score?

12elatrommI

Taitetu Takesinn https://musescore.com/user/2645116/scores/963861

Taitetu Takesinn

Thank you.

Gabriel Bustos

12elatrommI that’s not the sheet music for this piano roll, though...that’s the much shorter, simplified version that gershwin wrote for his piano songbook.

白湯

9y↑10

青春の向う脛から〜

ferociousgumby

9y↑19

I need to cleanse my mind of the image of Al Jolson wailing this in blackface.

Askeys

His name is Welte Mignon...

Richard Thomas

11y↑2

You are welcome...

PhaseDragonia

where was this guy during WWII?

Richard Thomas

9y↑5

PhaseDragonia Gershwin died suddenly from a brain tumor in 1937.

PhaseDragonia

Bummer. RIP

JOHN万次郎

9y↑57

きんぴかのお城で～♪

amyheart5567

8y↑2

え?
そう？

mu K

7y↑3

完全一致ｗｗ

mu K

7y↑1

dana

がしょう

3y↑1

やっぱり『ここさけ』からたどり着いた方いましたか！
何だか嬉しいです(笑)。
こうして聞くと、劇中の曲は物悲しい感じでしたが、原曲は結構明るい感じの曲なんですね。

rpghorrorfan

towelket brought me here

Reia

0:35

Milk3n

4y↑9

2:20 (Enter text here)

morning Good

6y↑1

これ違うでしょ？

と

ご本人？！

海老かず

9y↑14

ここさけから

ferociousgumby

This is a piano roll,, so has to be taken with a grain of salt. They never sound quite real to me. It lacks the verve and percussiveness of true Gershwin playing. It's only an approximation of how he sounded.

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