When the Alabama's keel was laid
Roll Alabama, roll
They laid her keel at Birkenhead
Oh, roll Alabama, roll
Oh, she was built in Birkenhead
Built in the yard of Jonathan Laird
Away down the Mersey she rolled one day
And across the "Western" she ploughed her way
With British guns, oh, she was stocked
She sailed from Fayal, in Cherbourg she docked
To fight the north Semmes did employ
Any method to kill and destroy
But off Cherbourg the Kearsage lay tight
Awaiting was Winslow to start a good fight
Outside the three mile limit they fought
An Semmes escaped on a fine British yacht
The Kearsage won - Alabama so brave
Sank to the bottom of a watery grave
