Oh Susanna!! Hola a tots! Aquí us porto, una cançó molt antiga, però molt maca i divertida, la va escriure un tal Foster cap allà el 1840 i parla d'un músic d’Alabama que es dedica a tocar el banjo i està enamorat d’una tal Susanna que viu a New Orleans, a qui li diu que no plori per ell, doncs ja ve amb el seu banjo.

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No us assembla romàntic? Bé, en tot cas es va convertir en una cançó molt coneguda i en tot un himne de la conquesta de l'oest. El divertit de la cançó és la estrofa que diu "Oh Susanna, don't you cry for me, I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee" Proveu de cantar-ho de pressa sense embarbussar-vos! Igualment, aquí teniu la lletra sencera:

Wild West

Banjo Orchestra Astronaut playing a banjo Foster's book of songs

Oh Susanna I came from Alabama with my banjo on my knee  I'm going to Louisiana, My true love for to see It rained all night The day I left The weather , it was dry The sun so hot, I froze to death Susanna, don't you cry Oh, Susanna,  Oh don't you cry for me                                 I've come from Alabama With my banjo on my knee I soon will be in New Orleans And then, I'll look around and when I find Susanna I'll fall upon the ground but if I do not find her, then I can surely  die and when I'm dead and buried Susanna, don't you cry                 Oh, Susanna, Oh don't you cry for me I've come from Alabama With my banjo on my knee