Well I come from Alabama with a 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, Suzanna don't you break down and cry

I said Oh Suzanna, now don't you cry for me

As I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee

Well I had myself a dream the other night when everything was still

I dreamed that I saw my girl Suzanne she was comin around the hill

The buckwheat cake was in her mouth, a tear was in her eye

I said that come from Dixieland, Suzanna don't you break down and cry

I said Oh, Suzanna Now don't you cry for me

As I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee.