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I didn't catch the name of the artist, but I just heard on the radio a version of Suzanne that ended with a chorus of Oh Suzanna (don'tcha cry for me... banjo on my knee...), and a little banjar pickin'. I enjoyed it very much, as you may expect.

Anyone know this version?
Where can I get a copy?

Manna I think that it is a Stephen Foster folk song but it is sang in Bluegeass style .Thats if this is the one you are talking about.
I think that James Taylor did a version of this Foster song if you check out YouTube

Oh Suzanna

I came from Alabama,
Wid my banjo on my knee,
I'm gwyne 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 don't you cry.
Refrain:

I jumped aboard de telegraph,
And trabbled down de riber,
De lectric fluid magnified,
And killed five hundred chigger*.
The bullgine bust, de horse run off,
I really thought I'd die;
I shut my eyes to hold my breath,
Susanna don't you cry.
Refrain:
I had a dream de odder night
When ebery ting was still,
I thought I saw Susanna
A comin down the hill;
The buck-wheat cake was in her mouth,
The tear was in her eye;
Says I, "I'm coming from the South
Susanna don't you cry."
Refrain:

I soon will be in New Orleans,
And den I'll look around,
And when I find Susanna,
I will fall upon de ground.
And if I do not find her,
Dis darkie'll surely die,
And when I'm dead and buried,
Susanna, don't you cry.
Refrain:



Refrain:
Oh! Susanna,
Oh don't you cry for me,
I've come from Alabama
Wid my banjo on my knee.

I think Perla Batalla sings Leonard's Suzanne with the additional verse from the older song tagged onto it. Maybe it was her cover ?

Yes, that's it, thanks, Margaret.