Oh Susanna

gCGCD tuning, Brainjo level 3

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LYRICS
VERSE

I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee,

I’m goin 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
CHORUS
Oh Susanna, don’t you cry for me,
Cause I come from Alabama, with a banjo on my knee

Had a dream the other night, when everything was still,

I thought I saw Susanna, coming down the hill,
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth, the tear was in her eye,
Said I am coming from the South, Susanna don’t you cry

I’ll soon be in New Orleans, and then I’ll look around,

And when I find Susanna, I’ll fall upon the ground,
But if I do not find her, then surely I will die,

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And when I’m dead and buried, Susanna don’t you cry

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