(Capo 3. Bund)
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When the Alabama's keel was laid Roll, Alabama, roll!
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She was laid in the yard of Jonathan Laird Oh Roll, Alabama, roll!
She was laid in the yard of Jonathan Laird Roll Alabama roll
She was laid in the town of Birkenhead Oh Roll Alabama roll
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Roll Alabama roll/She was laid in the town of Birkenhead/Oh roll Alabama roll
Down Mersey channel she sailed then
And Liverpool gave her guns and men
From the Western Islands she sailed forth
To destroy all commerce of the North
Roll Alabama roll/To destroy all commerce of the North/Oh roll Alabama roll
Down to Cherbourg harbour she sailed one day
For to take her toll in prize money
There many a sailor met his doom
When the Yankee ship hove into view
Roll Alabama roll/When the Yankee ship hove into view/Oh roll Alabama roll
And a shot from the forward pivot that day
It shot the Alabama's stern away
In the three-mile limit, in sixty-four
She sank to the bottom of the ocean floor
Roll Alabama roll/She sank to the bottom of the ocean floor/Oh roll Alabama roll
Roll Alabama roll/She sank to the bottom of the ocean floor/Oh roll Alabama roll