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'''Alabama''' is the state song of Alabama. It was written by Julia Tutwiler and composed by Edna Gockel-Gussen and adopted in 1931.
The Alabama state song is sung at the Alabama All-State festival each year by students grade 7 to grade 12.

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: Alabama, Alabama,
: We will aye be true to thee,
: From thy Southern shore where groweth,
: By the sea thine orange tree.
: To thy Northern vale where floweth
: Deep and blue thy Tennessee.
: Alabama, Alabama
: We will aye be true to thee!
: Broad the Stream whose name thou bearest;
: Grand thy Bigbee rolls along;
: Fair thy Coosa-Tallapoosa
: Bold thy Warrior, dark and strong.
: Goodlier than the land that Moses
: Climbed lone Nebo's Mount to see
: Alabama, Alabama,
: We will aye be true to thee!
: From thy prairies broad and fertile,
: Where thy snow-white cotton shines.
: To the hills where coal and iron
: Hide in thy exhaustless mines.
: Strong-armed miners--sturdy farmers:
: Loyal hearts what'er we be.
: Alabama, Alabama,
: We will aye be true to thee!
: From the quarries where the marble
: White as that of Paros gleams
: Waiting till thy sculptor's chisel,
: Wake to like thy poet's dream;
: For not only wealth of nature,
: Wealth of mind hast thou to fee.
: Alabama, Alabama,
: We will aye be true to thee!
: Where the perfumed south-wind whispers,
: Thy magnolia groves among,
: Softer than a mother's kisses
: Sweeter than a mother's song;
: Where the golden jasmine trailing,
: Woos the treasure-laden bee,
: Alabama, Alabama,
: We will aye be true to thee!
: Brave and pure thy men and women,
: Better this than corn and wine,
: Make us worthy, God in Heaven,
: Of this goodly land of Thine;
: Hearts as open as our doorways,
: Liberal hands and spirits free,
: Alabama, Alabama,
: We will aye be true to thee!
: Little, little, can I give thee,
: Alabama, mother mine;
: But that little--hand, brain, spirit,
: All I have and am are thine.
: Take, O take the gift and giver.
: Take and serve thyself with me,
: Alabama, Alabama,
: I will aye be true to thee.