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 Roll, Alabama, roll And Liverpool gave her guns and men Oh roll, Alabama, roll And for 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 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 Roll, Alabama, roll Blew the Alabama's steering gear away Oh roll, Alabama, roll Of the three mile limit in '64 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