The Mills Brothers - Across the Alley from the Alamo Lyrics

Lyrics Across the Alley from the Alamo - The Mills Brothers



Across the Alley From the Alamo
The Mills Brothers
Written by Joe Greene
Peaked at #7 in 1947
Competing versions charted by Stan Kenton (#11) and Woody Herman (#12)
Across the alley from the Alamo
Lived a pinto pony and a Navajo
Who sang a sort of Indian "Hi-de-ho"
To the people passin' by
The pinto spent his time a-swishin' flies
And the Navajo watched the lazy skies
And very rarely did they ever rest their eyes
On the people passin' by
One day, they went a walkin' along the railroad track
They were swishin' not a-lookin' Toot! Toot!, they never came back
Oh, across the alley from the Alamo
When the summer sun decides to settle low
A fly sings an Indian "Hi-de-ho"
To the people passing by
Across the alley from the Alamo
Lived a pinto pony and a Navajo
Who used to bake frijoles in cornmeal dough
For the people passing by
They thought that they would make some easy bucks
By washin' their frijoles in Duz and Lux,
A pair of very conscientious clucks
To the people passin' by
Then they took this cheap vacation, their shoes were polished bright
No, they never heard the whistle, Toot! Toot! they're clear out of sight
Oh, across the alley from the Alamo
When the starlight beams its tender glow
The beams go to sleep and then there ain't no dough
For the people passin' by
One day, they went a walkin' along the railroad track
They were swishin' not a-lookin' Toot! Toot!, they never came back
Oh, across the alley from the Alamo
When the summer sun decides to settle low
A fly sings an Indian "Hi-de-ho"
To the people passin' by
Across the alley from the Alamo



Writer(s): Greene Joe


The Mills Brothers - Back to Back Hits
Album Back to Back Hits
date of release
08-06-2012

1 If I Didn't Care - Single Version
2 Pork Chops And Gravy
3 Jeepers Creepers
4 My Walking Stick
5 Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland
6 My Prayer
7 Shine
8 Tiger Rag
9 Ain't Misbehavin'
10 Java Jive
11 It Don't Mean a Thing (Radio Version)
12 Boog-It
13 We Three (My Echo My Shadow & Me)
14 It's Funny to Everyone but Me
15 Lazybones
16 W.P.A
17 Maybe
18 The Music Stopped
19 Nagasaki
20 When You Were Sweet Sixteen
21 Marie
22 I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)
23 Swing Is The Thing
24 A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (Live Version)
25 Dont Get Around Much Anymore
26 Cherry
27 Sweet Sue, Just You
28 Lazy River
29 Don't Believe Everything You Dream
30 Paper Doll
31 I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
32 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
33 Cow Cow Boogie
34 I'' Be Around
35 Little White Lies
36 You Always Hurt The One You Love
37 With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming
38 Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree
39 Diga Diga Doo
40 Till Then
41 Put Another Chair at the Table
42 You're Breaking My Heart
43 F.D.R. Jones
44 Your Feet's Too Big
45 Basin Street
46 Across the Alley from the Alamo
47 Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)
48 Who Wouldn't Love You
49 Shoe Shine Boy
50 I'll Get By (Live Version)
51 You Tell Me Your Dream
52 I'm Beginning to See the Light
53 Georgia On My Mind
54 Tiger Rag
55 Daddy's Little Girl
56 You Always Hurt the One You Love
57 Java Jive (Version 2)
58 London Rhythm
59 If I Didn't Care (Complete Version)
60 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
61 A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (Version 2)
62 Caravan
63 Nevertheless
64 Nobody's Sweetheart
65 Be My Life's Companion
66 The Window Washer Man
67 A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
68 Organ Grinder's Swing
69 Glow Worm
70 Bugle Call Rag
71 Sweet Sue, Just You
72 Smoke Rings
73 The Gypsy
74 In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town
75 I'm Making Believe
76 To Each His Own
77 Stardust
78 Do I Worry
79 Dinah
80 Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart
81 The Old Folks at Home
82 Rockin' Chair
83 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself a Letter
84 For Sentimental Reasons
85 St. Louis Blues
86 Smoke Rings (Version 2)
87 Address Unknown
88 Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet
89 Sleepy Head
90 Lazy River
91 I Love You Truly
92 Limehouse Blues
93 Sweet Georgia Brown
94 Stars Fell On Alabama
95 Some of These Days
96 I've Found A New Baby
97 My Wild Irish Rose
98 Jungle Fever
99 Just For a Thrill
100 Money in My Pocket
101 Shine On Harvest Moon
102 It's Been a Long, Long Time
103 Lulu's Back In Town
104 When You Were Sweet Sixteen
105 I've Got the World On a String
106 Don't Be Afraid To Tell Your Mother
107 In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
108 In the Shade of the Old Apple-Tree
109 Blueberry Hill
110 You Always Hurt the One You Love (Concert Version)
111 Since We Fell Out Of Love
112 Goodbye Blues
113 Solitude
114 Long About Midnight
115 Darling Nellie Gray
116 Rockin' Chair Swing
117 Pennies From Heaven
118 Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
119 I'm Feelin' Like a Million
120 So Little Time
121 Swing For Sale
122 Little Old Lady
123 A Tisket - a Tasket
124 Spring Is Here
125 The Love Bug Will Bite You
126 The Song Is Ended
127 No Wonder
128 Rhythm Saved The World
129 Flat Foot Floogie
130 Sixty Seconds Got Together
131 Flat Foot Floogie
132 Stairway To The Stars




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