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Introduction:
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Well I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee
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And I'm bound for Louisiana, my own true love for to see
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It did rain all night the day I left
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The weather was bone dry
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The sun was so hot I froze myself
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Suzanne don't you break down and cry
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Now don't you cry for me
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As I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee
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Well I had myself a dream the other night
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When everything was still
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I dreamed that I saw my girl Suzanne
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She was coming around the hill
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The buckwheat cake was in her mouth
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A tear was in her eye
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I said that I come from Dixie land
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Suzanne don't you break down and cry
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Now don't you cry for me
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As I come from Alabama with a bajo on my knee