Oh! Susanna

Lyrics

License: public_domain — Stephen Foster, 1848. Work is in the public domain.

I come from Alabama with my 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, oh don't you cry for me,
For I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.

I had a dream the other night, when everything was still,
I thought I saw Susanna coming down the hill.
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth, the tear was in her eye,
Says I, I'm coming from the South, Susanna, don't you cry.