Roll Alabama

When the Alabama's keel was laid Roll Alabama roll She was laid in the yard of Johnathan Laird Oh roll Alabama roll She was laid in the yard of Johnathan 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 Roll Alabama roll And Liverpool gave her guns and men Oh roll Alabama roll Out of Mersey channel she set forth Roll Alabama roll 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 Roll Alabama roll To collect her share of the prize money Oh roll Alabama roll And many a sailor met his doom Roll Alabama roll When the Yankee ship hauled into view Oh roll Alabama roll Roll Alabama roll When the Yankee ship hauled into view Oh roll Alabama roll A shot from the forward pivot that day Roll Alabama roll Blew the Alabama's shearing gear away Oh roll Alabama roll Of the three mile limit in sixty four 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 Oh roll Alabama roll Oh roll Alabama roll