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
Suzanne don't you break down and cry
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 coming around the hill
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth
A tear was in her eye
I said that I come from Dixie land
Suzanne don't you break down and cry
Now don't you cry for me
As I come from Alabama with a bajo on my knee