Oh Susanna

I come from

Alabama with my banjo on my knee

I'm goin' to

Louisiana my own true love for to see

It rained all night the day

I left, the weather was bone dry

And the sun so hot

I froze to death,

Susanna, don't you cry

Oh Susanna, don't you cry for me

I come from

Alabama with my banjo on my knee

Well, I had a dream the other night when everything was still

I dreamed

I saw Susanna comin' down the hill

A buckwheat cake was in her mouth, a tear was in her eye

Said I'm comin' from the south,

Susanna, don't you cry

Oh Susanna, don't you cry for me

I come from

Alabama with my banjo on my knee

Well, I soon will be in

New Orleans and when

I do arrive

I'll go and find

Susanna if she is still alive

And if I do not find that girl

I will surely die

But when I'm buried in my grave,

Susanna, don't you cry

Oh Susanna, don't you cry for me

I come from

Alabama with my banjo on my knee