I have sheet music for 'Down in Alabama' Traditional Music arr by Paul Edmonds, Curwen 1927.
My old man he bought a hoss-er-um, b a h, b a h, M o m h b a h, Down in Alabama. I'd have said the tune like the others is based on 'Buffalo gals'
Chorus Here we sit etc

2 My o m he got a kick-er-um
3 My o m h call'd for a doctor-um
4 M o m h couldn't effect a cure-i-cum
5 M o m h fell a dead-er-um
6 So they buried him in six foot of earth-er-um