Alabama Bound: Lyrics

Huddie Ledbetter

• CD American Folksay: Ballads & Dances, Volumes 1, 2, 3, & 4

I'm Alabama bound
(I'm Alabama bound)
I'm Alabama bound
(I'm Alabama bound)
And if the train don't stop and turn around
I'm Alabama bound
(I'm Alabama bound)

Oh, don't you leave me here
(Don't you leave me here)
Don't you leave me here
(Well don't you leave me here)
But if you must go anyhow
Just leave a dime for beer
(Just leave a dime for beer)

I'm Alabama bound
(I'm Alabama bound)
I'm Alabama bound
(I'm Alabama bound)
If the train don't stop and turn around
I'm Alabama bound

Ella Green is gone
(Ella Green is gone)
Ella Green is gone
(Well, Ella Green is gone)
She's back cross this country street gal
With her long clothes on
(With her long clothes on)

He's Alabama bound
(He's Alabama bound)
He's Alabama bound
(He's Alabama bound)
If the train don't stop and turn around
He's Alabama bound

Oh the preacher preached
(Preacher preached)
Just as it turned around
(Just as it turned around)
The teacher's in the corner
Hollerin sweet gal
I'm Alabama bound
(I'm Alabama bound)

I'm Alabama bound
(I'm Alabama bound)
I'm Alabama bound
(I'm Alabama bound)
If the train don't stop and turn around
I'm Alabama bound
(I'm Alabama bound)

The preacher's in the stand
(The preacher's in the stand)
He has his hand around
(He has his hand around)
He's saying "You brothers and sisters shoot your money to me"
I'm Alabama bound
(I'm Alabama bound)

I'm Alabama bound
(I'm Alabama bound)
I'm Alabama bound
(I'm Alabama bound)
If the train don't stop and turn around
I'm Alabama bound

Of note:

Well, between Leadbelly's enunciation, an old recording, and a very evident lack of rehearsal, here's what I came up with.

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