Swanee may refer to: *

Suwannee River The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee 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 Hydrography Dataset hig ...

, 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 minstrel 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 Inde ...

", 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, lotos 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 woodwinds ...

, 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 found ...

company * Swanee (singer), the stage name of John Swan, an Australian rock singer

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