To: 75thOVI
Howzabout something in English? "ROLL ALABAMA ROLL!"
When the Alabama Keel was laid ... .
That's a pretty little tune, [mp3 link]somewhere between a seaman's chanty and a dirge- which seems appropriate.
But in English? Well, sort of....
59 posted on
07/15/2005 9:41:48 AM PDT by
archy
(The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)
To: archy
Thank you. I've never heard that arrangement before. It is a sea chantey, I've always heard it sung to a somewhat more spritely tune. (Slowing down respectfully in the last few lines.) 'Fraid I don't have a good Mp3 link. There's another version that starts out "When the Alabama's crew got ........" Well let's just say it's not appropriate for a family forum such as this.
69 posted on
07/15/2005 11:11:35 AM PDT by
75thOVI
(Any ship can be a submarine...............once!)
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