“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 • Nov. 21, 2025

“Somebody knocked the daylights out of you,” she said, and a moment later she was humming “Oh! Susanna” at that same frantic speed she’d hummed it before.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

But she only got up, humming “Oh! Susanna” without real urgency, and grabbed a towel.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

May’s grin dissolved, and out of nowhere she started humming “Oh! Susanna” like her life depended on it.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd