Roll Alabama

When the Alabama's keel was laid
Roll, Alabama, roll
She was laid in the yard of Jonathon Laird
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
She was laid in the yard of Jonathon Laird
Roll, Alabama, roll
She was laid in the town of Birkenhead
Oh roll, Alabama, roll

Roll, Alabama, roll
She was laid in the town of Birkenhead
Oh roll, Alabama, roll

Down Mersey Channel she sailed then
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And Liverpool gave her guns and men
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
And for Mersey Channel she set forth
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To destroy the commerce of the north
Oh roll, Alabama, roll

Roll, Alabama, roll
To destroy the commerce of the north
Oh roll, Alabama, roll

Into Cherbourg harbour she sailed one day
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To collect her share of the prize money
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
And many a sailor met his doom
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When the Yankee ship hove into view
Oh roll, Alabama, roll

Roll, Alabama, roll
When the Yankee ship hove into view
Oh roll, Alabama, roll

A shot from the forward pivot that day
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Blew the Alabama's steering gear away
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
Of the three mile limit in '64
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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
Oh roll, Alabama, roll
Oh roll, Alabama, roll