Dětství Hudební život Raye Charlese Robinsna začínal, když mu bylo asi pět let. Tehdy uslyšel hrát muže, jménem Wylie Pitman, který byl nejspíš pasák v nevěstinci. „Když ho Ray slyšel hrát, propadl hudbě tělem i duší.“ Pokaždé, když zaslechl...

Píseň: Swanee River Rock

Interpret:
Ray Charles
Album:
Yes Indeed!
Do you know way down
(Way down)
Way down upon the Swanee
(Swanee)
Talkin' 'bout the river
(River)


You know was so far
(So far)
So far away
(So far away)
(Oh, yeah)


Do you know that's where
(That's where)
Where my heart is turnin', ohh
(Turnin')
Ever


And there's where
(There's where)
There's where the old folks stay
(Where the old folks stay)


All the world is sad
And lonely now
Everywhere I roam
Keep until you're mine darlin'
(Darlin')


How my heart is going sad
(So sad)
So sad and lonely


Because I'm so far
(So far)
I'm far from my folks back home
(From my folks back home)


All the world is sad
And lonely now
Everywhere I roam
Keep until you're mine darlin'
(Darlin')
How my heart is going sad
(So sad)
So sad and lonely


Because I'm so far
(So far)
So far from my folks back home, yeah
I'm far from my folks back home, yeah
So far from my folks back home, yeah
Oh, far from my folks back home, yeah