Well, I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee
 I’m going to Lou’siana, my Susannah for to see
 It rained all day the night I left
 The weather was bone dry,
 The sun so hot, I froze myself
 Susannah, don’t you cry.
 
 Oh, Susannah, oh don’t you cry for me,
 For I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee
 
 
 Oh, I had a dream the other night
 When everything was still
 I dreamed I saw Susannah a-coming down the hill
 The buckwheat cake was in her mouth,
 A tear was in her eye,
 Says I “I’m comin’ from the South,
 Susannah, don’t you cry.
 
 Oh, Susannah, oh don’t you cry for me,
 For I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee