Who is "she" in the song She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes?

Answer 1

While it is not entirely clear who the "she" in the song refers to, there are various plausible interpretations. One interpretation suggests that "she" is the train that will be coming through the tracks that are being laid out by workers. Another possible interpretation suggests that "she" refers to union organizer Mary Harris "Mother" Jones going to promote formation of labor unions in the Appalachian coal mining camps. White horses are a symbol of the mythological stature of Mother Jones and the rest of the song is related to the celebration which would ensue after her arrival.

Currently the song is usually sung in collections of children's music with slightly different lyrics. The song has been recorded by musicians ranging from Pete Seeger to Barney the Dinosaur.

Harking back to the original lyrics of When the Chariot Comes the song is sometimes referenced in relation to the end of the world. Most notably in The Illuminatus! Trilogy and the comic book Promethea.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

OMG....I hope someone can give you an answer b/c my boyfriend and I were JUST singing that on our way from Virginia to Kentucky....and I asked him, and he tried to give me some silly answer, being the jokster that he is. Sorry I couldn't help, but I'll be looking back for answers on here!


Aren't "Oh Suzanna" and this mountain song two different songs???? I have a tune for both.

"She'll be comin' 'round the mountain when she comes..."

"Oh Suzanna, oh, don't you cry for me. For I come from (Somewhere I can't remember) with a banjo on my knee."

Too bad you guys can't hear the tune I'm humming.

Answer 4

There are various interpretations the most common one is "she" refers to a train as the song was adapted and the lyrics were changed by railroad workers during the late 1800's. The orginal version was When the Chariot comes.

Answer 5

Dolly Pardon

Answer 6

The singer is referring to a Train, which is carrying Susanna as a passenger.

Answer 7

Nobody knows who "she" was. It could have been the train, it could have been a woman. It's completely uncertain as there is no record of who wrote the song or what it was about.

Answer 8

The TRAIN!

Oh Suzannah - oh don't you cry for me
I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee.

She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes,
Oh she'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes,
She'll be coming 'round the mountain, she'll be coming 'round the mountain, she'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes. (The train!!!)

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah, someone's in the kitchen I know-ow-ow-ow
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinaaaah,
strummin' on the ole banjo
and she says fee-fi-fiddly-I-Oh, fee-fi-fiddly-I-oh-oh-oh-oh
Fee - fi -fiddly I OOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhh...........
Strummin' on the ole banjo!

Thank you, thank you very much!

Answer 9

Why, HER, of course.
I do believe it is the singer's fair maiden.

Answer 10

I have no idea! Maybe it's a hiker.