Oh! Susanna

The Liberty Voices

Compositor: Stephen Foster / Derric Johnson

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

Well I come from Alabama
With a banjo on my knee
And 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'll single thee 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
This man will surely die
So when I'm dead and buried now
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