<P> (This version was sung exclusively in the 1942 Merrie Melodies short, "The Wacky Wabbit".) Oh! Susanna, don't you cry for me! I'm gonna get me lots of gold out on the Lone Prairie . Gold is where you find it and when I find that stuff, I'll dig and dig and dig and dig . I'll never get enough . I tramp the prairies and the plains . I trudge each weary mile . I'll tramp and trudge and trudge and tramp Until I make my pile . Oh! Susanna, don't you cry for me! I'm gonna dig up lots of gold, V for victory . I'm a ragged, rugged lover of the wild and wooly West . Of all the things I haven't got, I like gold the best . Oh, it rained all night of the day I left, the weather was so dry; It was so warm I froze to death - Susanna, don't you cry . Oh! Susanna, don't you cry for me! I'm gonna get me lots of gold, V for victory! </P> <P> One of the earliest recordings, using the original "killed five hundred Nigger" lyrics, was released by Harry C. Browne in 1916 (Columbia COL A-2218). Browne also released other openly racist songs that same year, including Nigger Love a Watermelon Ha! Ha! Ha! . A 1955 novelty recording of the song by The Singing Dogs reached #22 on the US Billboard Pop Singles chart . </P> <P> A humorous recording of "Oh! Susanna" was the last track on the second album by The Byrds, Turn! Turn! Turn!, in 1965 . </P> <P> Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs (1961). </P>

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