English folk song - 'Roll Alabama Roll' video free download

'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.