Lyrics: Roy Williams
Music: Roy Williams
Oh Susanna,
don't cry for me
We had some good years now,
let me be
The world goes on,
I sang my song
I gave my own true love for you to see
Oh Susanna,
don't you cry
Hold the tears back and dry your eyes
What's this life without a sweet goodbye
And though it's over
Take this letter when nights grow colder
Dear friends and gentle hearts
The time has come to part
The jig is up now,
so lay me down
So when the world gets dark
Know I loved you from the start
And listen to the words I sang to you
Son of America,
A Pennsylvania child
They say the day I was born was
the fourth day of July
My mother's love and my father's pride
But the hard times
would come again
And that on the bowery was the very end
Dear friends and gentle hearts
The time has come to part
The jig is up now,
so lay me down
So when the world gets dark
Know I loved you from the start
And listen to the words I sang to you
I've never been to Alabama
I've never seen Louisiana
I've never been to old Kentucky
I ain't never been so lucky
Songs about the Southland
I'm from a Yankee doodoo dandid man
That's America, America
So Susanna,
don't cry for me
Take this letter,
take the time you need
Dear friends and gentle hearts
The time has come to part
The jig is up now,
so lay me down
So when the world gets dark
Know I loved you from the start
And listen to the words I sang to you
Listen to the words I sang to you