“Oh! Susanna”

Cultural  

1. A song by Stephen Foster. The refrain runs:

   Oh! Susanna, oh don't you cry for me;

   For I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.

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Example Sentences

She knew her guests had studied the music of Stephen Foster in school, so she arranged for a group to serenade them with songs like “Oh! Susanna” and “My Old Kentucky Home.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He looked up from his crossword puzzle and sang—to the tune of “Oh! Susanna”—“Oh, Peas-Anna! Don’t you cry for me...”

From Literature

The show originated a decade ago as a musical called “Hard Times,” written by Larry Kirwan of the band Black 47 and leaning on the music of Stephen Foster, who wrote “Oh! Susanna” among other American standards.

From New York Times

For example, see “Rain, Rain Go Away,” “A Tisket, a Tasket,” and “Oh, Susanna” above.

From Literature

My own childhood in the New York suburbs was marked by the old-time folksy squeezebox singalongs of “You Are My Sunshine” and “Oh, Susanna!”

From New York Times