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Suwannee River The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River or Swanee River) is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the Southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrog ...

, re-spelled "Swanee" by Stephen Foster to fit the rhythm in "

Old Folks at Home "Old Folks at Home" (also known as " Swanee River") is a folk song written by Stephen Foster in 1851. Since 1935, it has been the official state song of Florida, although in 2008 the original lyrics were revised. It is Roud Folk Song Index ...

", influencing subsequent uses of the word, such as: ** "Swanee" (song), a song by George Gershwin and Irving Caesar, made popular by Al Jolson **

Slide whistle A slide whistle (variously known as a swanee or swannee whistle, lotus flute, piston flute, or jazz flute) is a wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder's and a tube with a piston in it. Thus it has an air reed like some woodwi ...

, also called a swanee whistle ** Swanee, a soft drink made by the defunct

Bob's-Cola Bob's-Cola was a beverage company and bottler that sold beverages in the Midwestern United States and Southeastern United States. It was founded in Atlanta in 1940 by Benjamin J. Frink. Name and flavors There was no Bob at Bob's-Cola. The founde ...

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Swanee (singer) John Archibald Swan , better known as Swanee, is an Australian rock singer. He is the older brother of singer-songwriter Jimmy Barnes. Early life John Archibald Swan migrated to Australia as a child with his family in 1961. His father, James ...

, the stage name of John Swan, an Australian rock singer

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