5-string Banjo: Oh Susanna (Including lyrics and chords)

Yet another of Stephen Foster's songs is Oh Susanna.
Information taken from Wikipedia is as follows:
The nonsense verse that opens the song hints that the song is not intended to be taken too seriously.
"Oh! Susanna" is a song written by Stephen Foster. It was first published on February 25, 1848. Popularly associated with the California Gold Rush, the song is occasionally (incorrectly) called "Banjo on My Knee".
In 1843, the year Daniel Decatur Emmett established the Virginia Minstrels as the first blackface troupe in New York. Foster, 16, was working as a bookkeeper for his brother's business in Pittsburgh. His brother, Morrison Foster, was a friend of the early circus blackface clown, Dan Rice, and the young Stephen came under Rice's influence.
Foster also became aware of the new fad of "Ethiopian" songs. He also met a member of the minstrel troupe, the Sable Harmonists, who performed his first attempt, "Old Uncle Ned." A contest in 1847 given by The Eagle Saloon stimulated the song called "Away Down Souf." His next attempt was titled "Susanna" advertised at "A Grand Gala Concert" as "[A] new song, never before given to the public."
A local music store, Peters & Field bought the song for $100, but before they could publish it, it was pirated by a New York publisher who printed it with the name of E. P. Christy as author. Christy's Minstrels were rapidly becoming the most popular group in the Bowery theater district of Manhattan, and were to be the chief performers of Foster's minstrel songs in the 1850s.

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[KenDurasi]

old man can sing like this? WOW!

[threelegsoman]

@KenDurasi Hey! Not so much of the 'old' if you please!! I am only 39 it's just that I have had a hard life!!

(Well my mum stopped at 39 so why shouldn't ? :-))

[1jharmainyack]

singing: excellent! - banjo: excellent! - performance: excellent!

[threelegsoman]

@1jharmainyack Thank you for your kind comment.

[SuperHails01]

the person who said dislikes it is so wrong love the part when he says the line "Oh,Susanna, don't you cry for me.this man sounds like he is 20 or like he is Scotty.Try-out for American Idol

[SamHagagaga]

The banjo is one of my favorite instruments.

[alldancingforkids143]

you killed it great job!

[simasbrother]

Another great song!

Keep on the good job Mr Tony!!!

[MrTURBOJOHN]

I love this music

And you played it amazingly well

I knew you had this music somewhere on your 900 videos

[fatsoimshaz]

Very good ! I heard this in lucky luke