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; Susanna, don't you cry. Oh, Susanna, oh don't you cry for me For I come from Alabama, With my banjo on my knee. I had a dream the other night when everything was still, I thought I saw Susanna coming down the hill, A buckwheat cake was in her mouth, A tear was in her eye. I am comin' from the South! Susanna don't you cry. Oh, Susanna, oh don't you cry for me For I come from Alabama, With my banjo on my knee.