I came from Alabama with my banjo on my knee, I'm going to Louisiana my true love for to see, It rain'd all night the day I left, the weather it was dry, The sun so hot I froze to death; Susanna, dont you cry.
Oh! Susanna, Oh! dont you cry for me, I've come from Alabama, with my banjo on my knee.
I had a dream the other night when every thing was still; I thought I saw Susanna, a coming down the hill.
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth, the tear was in her eye, Says I'm coming from the South, Susanna, dont you cry. Oh! Susanna, Oh! dont you cry for me, I've come from Alabama, with my banjo on my knee.
1945年3月18日出生在意大利的羅馬,從少年時期就很喜歡音樂,和在學校的朋友一起組成了威斯坦樂團(音譯),在各地演唱.有時會去利可路地唱片公司(音譯)參觀,而就在那裡被發掘,1963年作詞的名曲「Al Di La」,然後以自作曲的「Ora Che Sei Gia' Una Donna」來進入唱片界,也以這首參加三雷蒙音樂奬新人的比賽,得到優勝,在第二年1964年以「Una Lacrima Sul Viso」被提名,但没有得到優勝,但是這首歌在意大利得到了第一次的百萬唱片記錄.