I came from Alabama

"Oh! Susanna"

I came from Alabama wid
My banjo on my knee,
I'm g'wan to Lousiana
Mey true love for to see.

I rain'd 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!
I've come from Alabama,
Wid my banjo on my knee.

I soon will be in New Oleans
And then I'll look all around.
And when I find Susanna,
I'll fall upon the ground.

But if I do not find her,
Dis darkie I surely die,
And when I'm dead and buried,
Susanna, don't you cry.

Oh! Susanna,
Oh! don't you cry for me!
I've come from Alabama,
Wid my banjo on my knee.

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