Swanee

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What it says about America: While the song obviously calls back to Stephen Foster’s “Swanee River,” it also represents the contribution of the wave of American immigrants—especially Jewish Americans like Gershwin and Jolson—who transformed the country in the period from 1880-1924.

From The Wall Street Journal

Laguna was the champion and he thought I'd go down the Swanee dead easy with the heat and everything.

From BBC

“Swanee River” Way down beneath the frenzied drivers, far, far below; Come join the rush-to-work survivors – street traffic's much too slow!

From Washington Post

Among those pre-1923 sound recordings entering the copyright-free zone are “Swanee” sung by Al Jolson, Italian aria recordings by Enrico Caruso, and “Down Home Blues” sung by Ethel Waters.

From Los Angeles Times

The studio also had its say about the soundtrack, which apparently, and pathetically, Thalberg found depressing and strange, and explains why Chick sings the Irving Berlin tune “Swanee Shuffle.”

From New York Times