CHORUS: "Then sling the bowl, drink every soul, a toast to the ALABAMA,
What ere' our lot, through storm or shot, here's success to the (Maersk) ALABAMA."

Talk about a march down memory lane.  The above Chorus is from the only Southern song written during the Civil War to extol the virtues of a Naval Hero -- Capt. Semmes and the ALABAMA.  Yet by my inserting (Maersk) in that last line, it is sooooooo true here 150 years later.  The sheet music is from the Museum of the Confederacy, and if you want to hear an MP3 snippit (2MB) of the Crestmark Military Brass Band and singers, send me a note offline so I don't clog up VA-HIST with that big file.  Warning..... Its a real toe-tapper, and you'll be marching around the breakfast table!!

Randy Cabell

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