When the Alabamas keel was laid
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she was laid in the yard of johnathon laird
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she was laid in the yard of johnathon laird
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she was laid in the town of Birkenhead
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she was laid in the town of Birkenhead
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down mersey channel she sailed then
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and Liverpool gave her guns and men
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and for mersey channel she set forth
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to destroy the commerce of the north
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a shot from the forward pivot that day
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the alabamas steering gave way
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of the three mile limit in 64
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she sank to the bottom of the ocean floor
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