Oh! Susanna

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. Background music is in the key of G

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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.