Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
[Verse 1]
Shadows on the Swanee
In the evenin' by the moonlight, lovers everywhere
How I wish that I were there
Among those shadows on the Swanee
Just to sing a Southern ballad, underneath the Southern sky
As I did in days gone by
[Verse 2]
Why did I wander so far away
From all my sweethearts seen
Never thought that I'd be lonesome
But now I know just what it means
[Bridge]
Longing, how I'm longing
To be walkin' with my sweetie
Then there'd be two more
Shadows on the Swanee shore
[Verse 3]
Why ain't I sleeping? All my thoughts are leaping
There's a craving deep in me
Feel so foresaken, I just lie awake and
Through a sleepless night I see
Shadows on that Swanee
[Interlude]
Getting back to some more shadows on that Swanee
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Bridge]
Longing, how I'm longing
To be walkin' with my sweetie
Then there'd be two more
Shadows on that Swanee shore
[Outro]
Mmm-bop, mmm-bop, mmm-bop, mmm-bop, mmm
Shadows on the Swanee was written by Harold Spina & Joe Young (Lyricist) & Johnny Burke.
Ethel Waters released Shadows on the Swanee on Tue Jul 18 1933.