OH SUSANA ! : A TRADITIONAL AMERICAN SONG

Well I come from Alabama 

With my banjo on my knee 

And I'm going to Louisiana 

My true love for to see 

Oh it rained all night the day I left 

The weather was bone dry 

The sun so hot I froze to death 

Susanna, don't you cry 

Oh, Susanna! Oh, don't you cry for me 

For I come from Alabama 

With my banjo on my knee 

Oh I had a dream the other night 

When everything was still 

And I thought I saw Susanna come 

A-walking down the hill 

The red, red rose was in her hand 

The tear was in her eye 

I said, "I come from Alabama 

Susanna, don't you cry" 

Oh, Susanna! Oh, don't you cry for me 

For 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 Susanna,

I'll fall upon the ground.

But if I do not find her,

then I will surely die,

And when I'm dead and buried, 

Oh, Susanna, don't you cry 

Oh, Susanna! Oh, don't you cry for me 

For I come from Alabama 

With my banjo on my knee 

Oh, Susanna! Oh, don't you cry for me 

For I come from Alabama 

With my banjo on my knee