1 I came from Alabama <br />2 wid my ban jo on my knee, <br />3 I'm g'wan to Louisiana, <br />4 My true love for to see, <br />6 It raind all night the day I left <br />7 The weather it was dry, <br />8 The sun so hot I frose to death <br />9 Susanna dont you cry. <br /> <br />10 [Chorus] Oh! Susanna Oh! dont you cry for me <br />11 I've come from Alabama wid mi ban jo on my knee. <br /> <br />12 [Solo] I jumped aboard de telegraph, <br />13 And trabbelled down de riber, <br />14 De Lectric fluid magnified, <br />15 And Killed five Hundred Nigger <br />16 De bullgine buste, de horse run off, <br />17 I realy thought I'd die; <br />18 I shut my eyes to hold my breath, <br />19 Susana, dont you cry. <br /> <br />20 [Chorus] Oh! Susana Oh! dont you cry for me <br />21 I've come from Alabama wid mi ban jo on my knee. <br /> <br />22 [Solo] I had a dream de odder night, <br />23 When ebery ting was still; <br />24 I thought I saw Susana, <br />25 A coming down de hill. <br />26 The buckwheat cake war in her mouth, <br />27 The tear was in her eye, <br />28 Says I, im coming from de South, <br />29 Susana, dont you cry. <br /> <br />30 [Chorus] Oh! Susana Oh! dont you cry for me <br />31 I've come from Alabama wid mi ban jo on my knee. <br /> <br />32 [Solo] I soon will be in New Orleans, <br />33 And den I'll look all round, <br />34 And when I find Susana, <br />35 I'll fall upon the ground. <br />36 But if I do not find her, <br />37 Dis darkie 'l surely die, <br />38 And when I'm dead and buried, <br />39 Susana, dont you cry. <br /> <br />40 [Chorus] Oh! Susana Oh! dont you cry for me <br />41 I've come from Alabama wid mi ban jo on my knee.<br /><br />Stephen C. Foster<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/oh-susanna/
