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.
chorus:
Oh! Susanna, Oh! do not cry for me,
I come from Alabama, Wid my Banjo on my knee.
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
