'Roll Alabama Roll' (a 'Call and answer' singing style sea shanty for male voices):
When the Alabama's keel was laid
Roll Allabama Roll
It was laid in the yards of Jonathan Laird
O Roll Allabama Roll
It was laid in the yards of Jonathan Laird
Roll Allabama Roll
It was laid in the town of Birkenhead
O Roll Allabama Roll
Down Mersey way she sailèd then
Roll Allabama Roll
Liverpool fitted her with guns and men
O Roll Allabama Roll
Down Mersey way she sailèd forth
Roll Allabama Roll
To destroy the commerce of the North
O Roll Allabama Roll
To Cherbourg harbour she sailed one day
Roll Allabama Roll
To collect a share of the prize money
O Roll Allabama Roll
And many a sailor saw his doom
Roll Allabama Roll
When the Yankee Kearsage hauled into view
O Roll Allabama Roll
And a shot from the forward pivot that day
Roll Allabama Roll
Blew the Alabama's gear away
O Roll Allabama Roll
And off the three mile limit in '64
Roll Allabama Roll
Well, she sank to the bottom of the ocean floor
O Roll Allabama Roll...
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From the CD: 'english folk roots CHAP 269',
Chappell Recorded Music Library,
20 Fulham Broadway, London SW6 1AH UK
http://www.theknowledgeonline.com/profile/Chappell-Recorded-Music-Library
Traditional; arranged by Phil Cunningham (PRS)
Managing Director, Cunningham Audio Productions ltd.
South Queensferry, Scotland, UK.
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