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Oh Susannah

Oh Susannah
by Stephen Foster
This song was written in 1847 and was popular in the days of the California Gold Rush. 


I come from Alabama 

With a banjo on my knee 
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 
Susannah, don't you cry. 
Oh, Susannah, 
Oh don't you cry for me 
For I come from Alabama 
With a banjo on my knee. 

​I had a dream the other night 

When everything was still 
I dreamed I saw Susannah dear 
A-coming down the hill. 
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth
The tear was in her eye 

Says I, “I'm coming from the south,
Susannah, don't you cry.” 

Oh, Susannah, 
Oh don't you cry for me 
For I come from Alabama 
With a banjo on my knee.

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      • Lemonade
    • Fashion on the Frontier
    • Music >
      • Sweet Betsy From Pike
      • Clementine
      • Oh Susannah
      • She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain
      • Old Dan Tucker
      • Skip to My Lou
      • The Riddle Song
      • I Am Bound for the Promised Land
      • Long, Long Ago
      • 'Tis the Gift to the Simple
      • Barb'ra Allen
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