(popular song, 1848)

 solo
 Oh, I come1 from Alabama
 With my banjo2 on my knee3,
 I'm goin'4 to Louisiana
 Susanna for to see5.

 chorus
 Oh, Susanna, oh don't you cry6 for me,
 For I come from Alabama,
 With my banjo on my knee

 solo
 It rained7 all night the day I left8;
 The weather9 was so10 dry11,
 The sun so hot12 I froze13 to death14
 Susanna, don't you cry

 chorus
 Oh, Susanna, oh don't you cry for me,
 For I come from Alabama,
 With my banjo on my knee

 solo
 I had a dream the other night
 When everything15 was still16;
 I thought I saw17 Susanna dear18,
 A-coming19 down hill20.

 chorus
 Oh, Susanna, oh don't you cry for me,
 For I come from Alabama,
 With my banjo on my knee

 solo
 A buckwheat21 cake22 was in her mouth23
 A tear24 was in her eye.
 I said25: "I come from Dixie Land,26
 Susanna don't you cry!"

 chorus
 Oh, Susanna, oh don't you cry for me,
 For I come from Alabama,
 With my banjo on my knee

 solo
 I soon will be27 in New Orleans
 And then I'll look28 all'round29,
 And when30 I find31 Susanna
 I'll fall32 upon33 the ground34.

 chorus
 Oh, Susanna, oh don't you cry for me,
 For I come from Alabama,
 With my banjo on my knee

 solo
 But if I do not find her,
 This darkey'll35 surely die36
 And when I'm dead37 and buried38,
 Susanna don't you cry.

 chorus
 Oh, Susanna, oh don't you cry for me,
 For I come from Alabama,
 With my banjo on my knee