Oh! Susanna

Album: Oh! Susanna (1847)
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  • I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee
    I'm going to Louisiana my true love for to see
    It rained all night the day I left the weather it was dry
    The sun so hot I froze to death; Susanna don't you cry

    Oh Susanna don't you cry for me
    cos' I come from Alabama
    With my banjo on my knee

    had a dream the other night when everything was still
    I thought I saw Susanna coming up the hill
    A buck wheat cake was in her mouth a tear was in her eye
    I said I'm coming from the south Susanna don't you cry

    Oh Susanna don't you cry for me
    cos' I come from Alabama
    With my banjo on my knee

    I soon will be in New Orleans and then I'll look around
    And when I find my Susanna I'll fall upon the ground
    But if I do not find her this man will surely die
    And when I'm dead and buried Susanna don't you cry

    Oh Susanna don't you cry for me
    cos' I come from Alabama
    With my banjo on my knee Lyrics from a song in Public Domain

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  • Milton from Sao Paulo, BrazilThe Byrds performed it too.
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