Larry Joe Taylor-Mobile Bay
Album-First Row, Third Coast
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Here comes admiral farragut, steaming into mobile bay
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All his flags were flying, just like he was on parade
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He said damn the torpedos boys, he said it's full speed ahead
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Everybody knew the decks, would soon be running red
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Mobile bay, mobile bay
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Band was playing dixie
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On a shore not far away
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And the south would soon be sinking
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Sinking into mobile bay
I was on the tennessee, my heart was in my mouth
Just a rebel sailor boy, i was trying to save the south
Aim for the water line, i heard my captain say
Just then a cannon ball, swept his leg away
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Our flag was torn and tattered, and our fate was hard to bare
The cause we'd been dying for, was scattered everywhere
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