Old Alabama
Alan Lomax & BB * Track #3 On Negro Prison Blues And Songs
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Album Negro Prison Blues And Songs
- #1Murder’s Home
Alan Lomax &
- #2No More, My Lawd
Alan Lomax &
- #3Old Alabama
Alan Lomax & BB
- #4Black Woman
Alan Lomax & BB
- #5Jumpin’ Judy
Alan Lomax & Tangle Eye
- #6Woah Buck
Alan Lomax & CB
- #7Prettiest Train
Alan Lomax & 22
- #8Old Dollar Mamie
Alan Lomax & 22
- #9It Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad
Alan Lomax & 22
- #10Rosie
Alan Lomax
- #11Levee Camp Holler
Alan Lomax & B.A.M.A.
- #12What Makes a Work Song Leader
Alan Lomax & B.A.M.A.
- #13
Early in the Mornin’Alan Lomax & 22
- #14How I Got In the Penitentiary
Alan Lomax & B.A.M.A.
- #15Tangle Eye Blues
Alan Lomax & Tangle Eye
- #16Stackerlee
Alan Lomax & B.A.M.A.
- #17Prison Blues
Alan Lomax
Old Alabama Lyrics
Old Alabama [joins?] the state of Florida
Old Alabama [joins?] the state of Florida
At Mobile, Lordy, at Mobile
Old Alabama is a hog-killing country
Old Alabama is a hog-killing country
Every Fall, Lordy, every fall
Did you hear about that waterboy gettin' drownd in
Did you hear about that waterboy gettin' drownd in
Mobile bay, Lordy, Mobile Bay?
Did you hear about the men all gonna leave you
Did you hear about the men all gonna leave you
Did you hear about the men all gonna leave you
Next pay day, Lordy, next pay day
Did you hear about Louella Wallace?
Did you hear about Louella Wallace?
Did you hear about Louella Wallacе?
Poor gal dead, Lordy, poor girl dead
Mud!
Old Alabama Q&A
When did Alan Lomax release Old Alabama?
Alan Lomax released Old Alabama on Fri Jan 01 1965.
What has Lomax said about this song?
Lomax wrote,
Muscles are stiff in the early morning and the men work at a slow pace as they split a fallen live-oak into firewood. Like many Mississippi Delta Negros, the men sing often about Alabama, for the Delta was settled in good part by Alabamins… Striking is an ironic comment on the tardines...