"Black Eyed Suzanna" is an American reel in cut time, A Major and A Mixolydian. It is played in AEae fiddle tuning. The parts are played AABB. It was in the repertoire of north-central Tennessee fiddler, farmer and logger John Sharp (1894-1964), of Jamestown. Sharp was recorded in 1949 on a home machine by his life-long friend, Sergeant Alvin York, a hero of World War I. Sharp was in demand as a dance fiddler and entertainer for rallies, reunions, picnics and similar events and was often accompanied by one of his children, eight of whom played instruments. The banjo tablature is by John Letscher who says he heard it and learned it at the Gettysburg Jam. However, it does not appear in Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021).