Alabama My Home

Unpublished

My father was a farmer
Picking cotton by hand
Loading it on wagons
With mules across the land

Alabama my home

My father’s great-grandmother
Came here when she was young
May the children of our children
Always have a world to love

Alabama my home

From Helen Keller
To Martin Luther King
To where we stand today
Lift up your voice and sing

Alabama my home

From the Civil War
To Civil Rights
May this love for justice
Surround this world with light

Alabama my home

The present holds the future
In the palm of our hands
May the children of our children
Live in a peaceful land

Alabama my home
Through the work of many
Working for the common good
May the children of our children
Find the joy we knew they would

Alabama my home
Words & music by Larry Long
Copyright Larry Long 1999 | BMI
*Lyrics collectively written with youth from Alabama through Elders’ Wisdom, Children’s Song program in partnership with PACERS Small Schools Cooperative and Community Celebration of Place.

Extra Verse:

Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee
To the trail of tears
We are First Nation, still proud
We have not left here

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