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This was the song that established Stephen C. Foster as a song-writer. It was originally written for the minstrel shows in 1848 but it soon became a favorite folk song sung on the wagon trains headed for California. /font>
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I come from Al-a-ba-ma
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with my ban-jo on my knee,
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I'se gwain to Lou'-si-a-na
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My true lub for to see.
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I-t rain'd all night de day I left,
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De wed-der it was dry;
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The son so hot I frose to def,
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Su-san-na, don't you cry.
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Oh! Su-san-na, do not cry for me;
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I come from Al-a-bam-a,
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wid my ban-jo on my knee.
