Way down upon the Swanee river,
Far , far away,
There`s where my heart is turning ever,
There`s where the old folks stay.
All up and down the whole creation
Sadly I roam,
Still longing for the old plantation
And for the old folks at home.

 All the world am sad and dreary,
Ev`ry-where I roam,
Oh!Brothers how my heart grows wary,
Far from the old folks at home.

All`round the little farm I wanderd,
When I was young,
Then many happy days I squandered,
Many the songs I sung.
When I was playing with my brother,
Happy was I,
Oh! take me to my kind old mother,
There let me live and die. 

 

悠悠的史瓦尼河，
蜿蜒而流，
那是我魂縈夢牽的地方，
是我老友們居住的地方。
浪跡天涯
不禁令我悲從中來，
我仍渴望著老家鄉那片田園
還有我家鄉的老友們。

世間路途滿是憂愁與疲憊，
也踏遍了各地；
哦!弟兄們啊，我的心是如此疲憊，
與家鄉的老友相隔遙遠。

留連在那片小小的家園，
當我年輕時，
在那裡我渡過了許多愉快的時光，
也唱過許多歌謠。
當我和兄弟們一同玩樂時，
我是多麼地開心；
哦!帶我回到我仁慈的老母親身邊，
那片讓我成長和老去的家鄉。