- Alabama (song)
"Alabama" is the
state song ofAlabama . It was written byJulia Tutwiler and composed by Edna Gockel-Gussen and adopted in 1931.The Alabama state song is sung at the Alabama All-State festival each year by students grade 7 to grade 12.
Lyrics
: Alabama, Alabama, : We will aye be true to thee, : From thy Southern shore where groweth, : By the sea thine orange tree. : To thy Northern vale where floweth : Deep and blue thy Tennessee. : Alabama, Alabama : We will aye be true to thee!
: Broad the Stream whose name thou bearest; : Grand thy Bigbee rolls along; : Fair thy Coosa-Tallapoosa : Bold thy Warrior, dark and strong. : Goodlier than the land that Moses : Climbed lone Nebo's Mount to see : Alabama, Alabama, : We will aye be true to thee!
: From thy prairies broad and fertile, : Where thy snow-white cotton shines. : To the hills where coal and iron : Hide in thy exhaustless mines. : Strong-armed miners--sturdy farmers: : Loyal hearts what'er we be. : Alabama, Alabama, : We will aye be true to thee!
: From the quarries where the marble : White as that of Paros gleams : Waiting till thy sculptor's chisel, : Wake to like thy poet's dream; : For not only wealth of nature, : Wealth of mind hast thou to fee. : Alabama, Alabama, : We will aye be true to thee!
: Where the perfumed south-wind whispers, : Thy magnolia groves among, : Softer than a mother's kisses : Sweeter than a mother's song; : Where the golden jasmine trailing, : Woos the treasure-laden bee, : Alabama, Alabama, : We will aye be true to thee!
: Brave and pure thy men and women, : Better this than corn and wine, : Make us worthy, God in Heaven, : Of this goodly land of Thine; : Hearts as open as our doorways, : Liberal hands and spirits free, : Alabama, Alabama, : We will aye be true to thee!
: Little, little, can I give thee, : Alabama, mother mine; : But that little--hand, brain, spirit, : All I have and am are thine. : Take, O take the gift and giver. : Take and serve thyself with me, : Alabama, Alabama, : I will aye be true to thee.
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