ALABAMA
By: The Louvin Bros.
Recorded May 25, 1955
3/4 TIME (WALTZ)

[Intro]
           
All mingled a-

             
round the old 

           
place I was bo

rn

[Verse]
             
Alabama love, 

            
your beautiful

  
 sunlight
            
Your fields of

             
 cerisa, potat

                    
os and corn
             
Alabama love, 

            
your crimson r

    
ed clover 
            
All mingled ar

             
ound the old p

          
lace I was bor

n

[Verse]
             
Alabama love ,

            
 your hills an

        
d your valleys
            
Your creeks si

             
ng with laught

              
er as onward t

    
hey flow
             
Alabama love, 

            
so sweet in th

    
e springtime
            
Sweet ferns an

             
d wild flowers

             
 in winter wit

  
h snow

[Verse]
             
Alabama love, 

            
so sweet to my

 
 memory
            
You shine like

              
 a light on th

           
e beautiful hi

ll
             
Alabama love, 

            
in days of my 

 
childhood
            
I've labored a

             
nd toiled at t

             
he old sorghum

 
 mill

[Instrumental]
           
I've labored a

             
nd toiled at t

             
he old sorghum

 
 mill

[Verse]
             
Alabama love, 

            
when red leave

      
s are falling
            
I've roamed th

              
rough your pas

             
tures with fen

       
ces of rail
             
Alabama love, 

            
when possums a

    
re crawling an

d 
            
And hound dogs

             
 are whining a

              
nd wagging the

   
ir tails

[Verse]
             
Alabama love, 

            
your beautiful

      
 high-ways
            
Are carved thr

             
ough the mount

             
ain where love

          
d ones do wait
             
Alabama love, 

            
your goldenrod

  
 flowers
            
And the welcom

             
e home sign ha

             
nging over the

 
 gate

[Verse]
             
Alabama love, 

            
to me you are 

 
calling
            
My footsteps a

            
re homin? no l

         
onger to stray

 
             
Alabama love, 

            
you hold all I

  
 long for
            
You hold all I

             
 love, so I'm 

       
coming today