Swanee
/ˈswɒni/
/ˈswɑːni/
- a song made popular by Al Jolson. It was written by George Gershwin and Irving Caesar for the Broadway musical play The Capitol Revue (1919). Jolson added it later that year to a play he was appearing in, called Sinbad.
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