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"Alabamy Bound" is a Tin Pan Alley composition from 1924 with music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Buddy DeSylva and Bud Green. The song gained popularity through Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor's performance in the musical Kid Boots. In 1925, multiple successful recordings emerged, including instrumental versions by Paul Whiteman, Isham Jones, and Fletcher Henderson, alongside Blossom Seeley's vocal rendition which charted at number two. The composition achieved significant commercial success, selling over a million copies of sheet music and appearing in numerous films.

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