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T:Roll, Alabama, Roll!
B:S Hugill, 1994, Shanties from the Seven Seas,Mystic Seaport Museum, Conn.
Z:Stan Hugill
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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K:Bb
F2 F2 |d4 c2 |B2 B2 F2 |A4 G2 |  F6
w:Oh, in eight-een hun-dred an' six-ty-one
c4 cc |c4 d2 |c6 |
w:Roll A-la-ba-ma roll!
z3 F3 |D4 F2 |B4 c2 |d4 (dd) | (e2d2)
w:This ship her build-ing was be-_gun_
c2 |d4 BB |c4 A2 |B2 z4 |]
w:Oh roll, A-la-ba-ma roll!
W:Oh, in eighteen hundred and sixty one,
W:(Chorus: Roll, Alabama, roll!)
W:This ship her building was begun,
W:(Chorus: Oh roll, Alabama, roll!)
W:
W:When the Alabama's keel was laid,
W:This ship her building was begun.
W:
W:Oh, she was built in Birkenhead,
W:Built in the yard of Johnathan Laird.
W:
W:And down the Mersey she rolled one day,
W:An' across western she ploughed her way [Bound to Faya she]
W:
W:With British guns, oh, she was stocked,
W:She sailed from Fayal - in Cherbourg she docked.
W:
W:To fight the North, Semmes did employ,
W:Any method to kill an' destroy.
W:
W:But off Cherbourg the Kearsarge lay tight,
W:Awaiting was Winslow to start a good fight [spoling to fight]
W:
W:Outside the three-mile limit they fought,
W:An' Semmes escaped on a fine British yacht.
W:
W:The Kearsarge won - Alabama so brave,
W:Sank to the bottom to a watery grave.
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