1.
I come from Alabama
With my banjo on my knee,
I’m going to Louisiana,
My true love for to see,
It rained all day the night I left,
The weather was so dry,
The sun so hot I froze to death;
Susanne, don’t you cry.

R.
Oh! Susanna, don’t you cry for me
Cos' I come from Alabama
With my banjo on my knee.

2.
I had a dream the other night
When everything was still,
I thought I saw Susanna
A-coming down the hill,
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth,
The tear was in her eye
I said I’m coming from the south,
Susanna, don’t you cry.

3.
I soon will be in New Orleans
And then I'll look around,
And when I find Susanna,
I will fall upon the ground,
And if I do not find her,
This man will surely die,
And when I'm dead and buried,
Susanna don't you cry.