Well I come from Alabama
with my banjo on my knee
and I'm bound for Louisiana
my own true love for to see
it did rain all night the day I left
the weather was bone dry
the sun was so hot I froze myself
Susanna don't you go on and cry

and I said Oh Susanna 
now don't you cry for me
as I come from Alabama
with my banjo on my knee

well I had myself a dream the other night
while everything was still
I dreamed that I saw my girl Susanne
she was coming down the hill
well the buckwheat cake was in her mouth
the tear was in her eye
I said that I come from Dixieland
Susanna don't you break down

and I said oh Susanna now
don't you cry for me
as I come from Alabama with
a banjo on my knee