Oh Susanna Song

It is among the most popular american songs ever written.

Oh susanna song. Susanna was the first huge hit song in american popular music. I had a dream the other night when everything was still. Susanna is one of the best known american songs popularly associated with the california gold rush the song is occasionally called banjo on my knee the original version is currently stored in the library of congress in washington dc. It was first published in 1848.

For i come from ala. Members of the western writers of america chose it as one of the top 100 western songs of all time. Susanna oh don t you cry for me for i come from alabama with my banjo on my knee. He later wrote the two fifty dollar bills i received for oh.

I thought i saw susanna dear a coming down the hill. Susanna is a minstrel song by stephen foster 1826 1864 first published in 1848. Susanna now don t you cry for me. Oh i come from alabama with my banjo on my knee.

Susanna had the effect of starting me on my present vocation as a songwriter. Susanna is a minstrel song written by stephen foster.