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Randy Newman - Birmingham
[Chorus]
Birmingham, Birmingham
The greatest city in Alabam'
You can travel 'cross this entire land
There ain't no place like Birmingham
Birmingham, Birmingham
The greatest city in Alabam'
You can travel 'cross this entire land
There ain't no place like Birmingham
Click here for annotated lyrics from genius.com
Here is Newman performing the song in 2011 on the BBC's Later... with Jools Holland before an audience that was thinking "England" before he mentioned "Alabam'".
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One of my faves, of a similar Newman genre:
Yup! Sail Away.
