Sunday 5 September 2010
Tune of the Day: Rose of Alabamy
Traditional American folk song
“Rose of Alabamy” is one of those songs that was popular during the era of minstrel bands, right before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Publishers released numerous versions of different verses, but the author of the melody, which was written in 1846, remains unknown.
The 1976 Clint Eastwood film The Outlaw Josey Wales shows scenes of a wounded confederate soldier singing several verses from the song.