Alabama Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABABBCCB DBDEB FBFBFBBCCB DBDFB GBGBGBBCCB DBDHB| Show me the way to the next whisky bar | A |
| Oh don't ask why oh don't ask why | B |
| Show me the way to the next whisky bar | A |
| Oh don't ask why oh don't ask why | B |
| For if we don't find the next whisky bar | A |
| I tell you we must die | B |
| I tell you we must die | B |
| I tell you | C |
| I tell you | C |
| I tell you we must die | B |
| - | |
| Oh moon of Alabama | D |
| We now must say say good bye | B |
| We've lost our good old mamma | D |
| And must have whisky | E |
| Oh you know why | B |
| - | |
| Show me the way to the next pretty girl | F |
| Oh don't ask why oh don't ask why | B |
| Show me the way to the next pretty girl | F |
| Oh don't ask why oh don't ask why | B |
| For if we don't find the next pretty girl | F |
| I tell you we must die | B |
| I tell you we must die | B |
| I tell you | C |
| I tell you | C |
| I tell you we must die | B |
| - | |
| Oh moon of Alabama | D |
| We now must say good bye | B |
| We've lost our good old mamma | D |
| And must have a girl | F |
| Oh you know why | B |
| - | |
| Show me the way to the next little dollar | G |
| Oh don't ask why oh don't ask why | B |
| Show me the way to the next little dollar | G |
| Oh don't ask why oh don't ask why | B |
| For if we don't find the next little dollar | G |
| I tell you we must die | B |
| I tell you we must die | B |
| I tell you | C |
| I tell you | C |
| I tell you we must die | B |
| - | |
| Oh moon of Alabama | D |
| We now must say good bye | B |
| We've lost our good old mamma | D |
| And must have dollars | H |
| Oh you know why | B |
Bertolt Brecht
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