"[2] I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair, Borne, like a vapor on the summer air; I see her tripping where the bright streams play, Happy as the daisies that dance on her way.

Many were the blithe birds that warbled them o'er: Oh, I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair, Floating, like a vapor, on the soft summer air.

I long for Jeanie with a day-dawn smile, Radiant in gladness, warm with winning guile; I hear her melodies, like joys gone by, Sighing round my heart over the fond hopes that die:— Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain,— Wailing for the lost one that comes not again: Oh, I long for Jeanie, and my heart bows low, Never more to find her where the bright waters flow.

I sigh for Jeanie, but her light form strayed Far from the fond hearts round her native glade; Her smiles have vanished and her sweet songs flown, Flitting like the dreams that have cheered us and gone.

Now the nodding wild flowers may wither on the shore While her gentle fingers will cull them no more: Oh, I sigh for Jeanie with the light brown hair, Floating, like a vapor, on the soft summer air.

The song was referenced in the Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes cartoons many times throughout their original run, usually as a pun made by the character Bugs Bunny ("hare" for "hair") or in rare cases, an actual genie.

One example includes the 1942 short Foney Fables: When the narrator tells the story of Aladdin, the title character is heard singing the song while rubbing the lamp.