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When the Alabama's keel was laid
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She was laid in the yard of Johnathan Laird
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She was laid in the yard of Johnathan Laird
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She was laid in the town of Birkenhead
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Down Mersey channel she sailed then
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And Liverpool gave her guns and men
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Out of Mersey channel she set forth
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To destroy the commerce of the north
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Into Cherbourg harbour she sailed one day
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To collect her share of the prize money
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And many a sailor met his doom
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When the Yankee ship hauled into view
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A shot from the forward pivot that day
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Blew the Alabama's stern away
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Off the three mile limit in sixty four
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She sank to the bottom of the ocean floor
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