Old Folks At Home (스와니강) / Robert Shaw Chorale

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Old Folks At Home (스와니 강: The Swanee River)

Stephen Collins Foster 작곡,

Robert Shaw Chorale, 소프라노 이인옥

머나먼 저곳 스와니 강물 그리워라

날 사랑하는 부모 형제 이 몸을 기다려

이 세상에 정처없는 나그네의 길

아 그리워라 나 살던 곳 멀고 먼 옛고향

정처도 없이 헤매이는 이 내 신세

언제나 나의 옛 고향을 찾아나 가볼까

이 세상에 정처없는 나그네의 길

아 그리워라 나 살던 곳 멀고 먼 옛고향

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Way down upon the Suwannee 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 my childhood station,
And for the old folks at home.

Chorus
All the world is sad and dreary
Everywhere I roam.
O dear ones, how my heart grows weary,
Far from the old folks at home.

2nd verse
All ‘round the little farm I wander’d,
When I was young;
Then many happy days I squander’d,
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.

3rd Verse
One little hut among the bushes,
One that I love.
Still sadly to my memory rushes,
No matter where I rove.
When will I see the bees a humming,
All ‘round the comb?
When shall I hear the banjo strumming,
Down in my good old home.