I come f’om Alabama wid A banjo on my knee, I'm going to Louisiana, My true love for to see. It rain’d all night da day I left, Da weather it was dry, Da sun so hot I froze to death; Susanna, don't you cry.
Chorus: Oh! Susanna, Don’t you cry for me. I've come from Alabama wid My banjo on my knee.
I jumped aboard da telegraph, An’ traveled down da river, Da lectric fluid magnified, An’ killed five hundred nigga. Da bullgine bust, da horse ran off, I really thought I'd die; I shut my eyes to hold my breath, Susanna, don’t you cry.
I had a dream da other night, When everythin’ was still I thought I saw Susanna A-comin’ down de hill; A buckwheat cake was in her mouth, A tear was in her eye; Says I, "I'm comin’ f’om da south, Susanna, don’t you cry."
I soon will be in New Orleans, And den I'll look around, And when I find Susanna, I Will fall upon da ground. And if I do not find her, Dis darkie'll sur’ly die, And when I'm dead and buried, Susanna, don’t you cry