Oh Susanna oh, don't you cry for me
I've come from Alabama wid mi banjo on my knee.
Oh Susanna oh don't you cry for me
I've come from Alabama wid mi banjo on my knee.

I came from Alabama
wid my banjo on my knee,
I'm g'wan to Louisiana,
My true love for to see,
It rain'd all night the day I left
The weather it was dry,
The sun so hot I frose to death
Susanna don't you cry.

Oh Susanna oh don't you cry for me
I've come from Alabama wid mi banjo on my knee.
Oh! Susanna oh don't you cry for me
I've come from Alabama wid mi banjo on my knee.

I had a dream de odder night,
When ebery ting was still
I thought I saw Susanna,
A coming down de hill.
The buckwheat cake war in her mouth,
The tear was in her eye,
Says I, I'm coming from de South,
Susanna, don't you cry.