Alabamy Bound

Alabamy Bound

"Alabamy Bound" is a Tin Pan Alley tune written in 1924, with music by Ray Henderson and words by Buddy DeSylva and Bud Green. Written for the vaudeville stage it was made famous by Al Jolson. "Alabamy Bound" opens with:

I'm Alabamy bound

They'll be no heebie-jeebies hanging 'round

Just gave the meanest ticket man on earth

All I'm worth to put my tootsies in an upper berth

Just hear the choo-choo sound

I know that soon we're gonna cover ground

And then I'll holler so the world will know

Here I go, (repeat)

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