Alabama 1908

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 3 June 2010
2010

The sun am bright
and the heart am light
way down in Alabam
Coons are free for a jubilee
way down in Alabam
'Nuf to eat and a place to sleep
way down in Alabam
And they don't give a cent who's President
way down in Alabam.

Way down in sunny Alabam
Land of Water melon,
cane and ham.
Law dem niggers
for they shake their feet
when they hear somebody
holler possum sweet
Basted all around with candy yam
yam, yam, yam.
Way down in sunny Alabam
All dem coons are happy as a clam
They wrote the answer
to the world called "shirk"
They don't want anything
that looks like work
Way down in Alabam.

Way down in sunny Alabam
Land of Water melon,
cane and ham.
Law dem niggers
for they shake their feet
when they hear somebody
holler possum sweet
Basted all around with candy yam
yam, yam, yam.
Way down in sunny Alabam
All dem coons are happy as a clam
They wrote the answer
to the world called "shirk"
They don't want anything
that looks like work
Way down in Alabam.

A coon and dog
hid behind a log
way down in Alabam
He saw a hog
through the mornin' fog
way down in Alabam
He raised his gun
for to have some fun
way down in Alabam
And he missed that hog
and shot his dog
way down in Alabam.

Way down in sunny Alabam
Land of Water melon,
cane and ham.
Law dem niggers
for they shake their feet
when they hear somebody
holler possum sweet
Basted all around with candy yam
yam, yam, yam.
Way down in sunny Alabam
All dem coons are happy as a clam
They wrote the answer
to the world called "shirk"
They don't want anything
that looks like work
Way down in Alabam.

Way down in sunny Alabam
Land of Water melon,
cane and ham.
Law dem niggers
for they shake their feet
when they hear somebody
holler possum sweet
Basted all around with candy yam
yam, yam, yam.
Way down in sunny Alabam
All dem coons are happy as a clam
They wrote the answer
to the world called "shirk"
They don't want anything
that looks like work
Way down in Alabam.

Old Jasper Toole
bought a ginny mule
way down in Alabam
He hit that mule
with a milkin' stool
way down in Alabam
The mule "he hawed"
cause her name was Maud
way down in Alabam
And a barrell stave
now marks his grave
way down in Alabam.

Way down in sunny Alabam
Land of Water melon,
cane and ham.
Law dem niggers
for they shake their feet
when they hear somebody
holler possum sweet
Basted all around with candy yam
yam, yam, yam.
Way down in sunny Alabam
All dem coons are happy as a clam
They wrote the answer
to the world called "shirk"
They don't want anything
that looks like work
Way down in Alabam.

Way down in sunny Alabam
Land of Water melon,
cane and ham.
Law dem niggers
for they shake their feet
when they hear somebody
holler possum sweet
Basted all around with candy yam
yam, yam, yam.
Way down in sunny Alabam
All dem coons are happy as a clam
They wrote the answer
to the world called "shirk"
They don't want anything
that looks like work
Way down in Alabam.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Alabama 1908
Music by Egbert van Alstyne
Lyrics by Harry Williams
© MCMVIII by Jerome H.Remick & Co. Detroit - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 3 June 2010 at 09.11
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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