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ALABAMA SHOE-SHINE BOY

Heard them say that the Fuhrer walked away
When he glimpsed your prowess and power,
When Berlin was conquered in just one day
And the world in just one hour

Meeting the challenge head-on
With fifty metres to go,
Born in some backwood but born to run
In full-speed and full-flow

CHORUS:Alabama,Alabama,Alabama,Alabama
Alabama Shoe-Shine Boy,Alabama Shoe-Shine Boy.

Triumphant you were in that pre-war year
Beneath Berlin skies in a Berlin chill,
Amid the nations locked in fear
Amid the nations destined to kill

The prejudice did not deter you
From the glory and the gold
History will always compare you
With the famous and the bold

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Alabama prince of pace
When the swastika was unfurled,
You won the duel,you won the race
On the dark side of the world
They knew your colour,they knew your name
Before the games had ended,
You carried the torch,you held the flame
Three years before Hell descended

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