====== #274 - Oh! Susanna ======
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  *Composer:
    *++Stephen Collins Foster|{{search>"Stephen Collins Foster" @cobs}}++ (1826-1864), 1848
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  *[[:incipit]]: 123556531233212123556531233221
  *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 1235653123212123565312321
  *++Lyrics:|\\
I come from Alabama\\
With my Banjo on my knee,\\
I’se gwine to Lou'siana\\
My true lub for to see,\\
It rain’d all night de day I left,\\
De wedder it was dry;\\
The sun so hot I froze to def;\\
Susanna, don't you cry.\\
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Oh! Susanna, Oh! do not cry for me,\\
I come from Alabama, Wid my Banjo on my knee.\\
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The additional verses of this song are not included here because the second verse uses a term for African-Americans that by today's standards is offensive and objectionable. A copy of the 1848 sheet music for the song giving its title as "Susanna" is held in the United States Library of Congress collection “Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1820-1860” and a digitized version may be viewed online at loc.gov 
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    *++Stephen Collins Foster|{{search>"Stephen Collins Foster" @cobs}}++ (1826-1864), 1848