[Fiji Hill]

Hey, 'Bama fans--this ought to be appropriate for a Sunday morning:

Dark is the stain that we cannot hide
What can avail to wash it away?
Look! There is flowing a crimson tide
Brighter than snow may you be today.

Grace, grace, God's grace,
Grace that will pardon and cleanse within;
Grace, grace, God's grace,
Grace that is greater than all our sin.

Julia H. Johnson & Daniel B. Towner, 1911

Could it be that Julia Johnson, a Presbyterian from Illinois, and Daniel Brink Towner, the great Methodist hymn writer from Pennsylvania, were University of Alabama football fans?

[sweet_diane]

Our former Pastor was a Vol fan and there were many rabid Aubies in the congregation also. They were all a bit uncomfortable with that hymn! I just smiled and sang. :)

That being said, it is the chorus that still brings a tear of praise to my eye.

[Alas Babylon!]

Maybe, but Steely Dan was:

I’ll learn to work the saxophone,
I’ll play just what I feel.
Drink scotch whisky all night long,
And die behind the wheel!
They got a name for the winners in the world,
I—I want a name when I lose.
They call Alabama the crimson tide,
Call me deacon blues!