Across the Alley from the Alamo

Across the Alley from the Alamo is a song written by Joe Greene, which has become a jazz standard. The Mills Brothers covered it on their 1957 album One Dozen Roses, and it has been sung by Stan Kenton and Woody Herman. It also features on albums such as Ella Fitzgerald's Live at Mister Kelly's (1958) and Patti Austin's The Real Me (1988). It was recorded by The Three Suns, 1947, RCA Victor 20-2272-B.

Also recorded by Asleep at the Wheel in 1985.

Greene's whimsical lyrics (said to have been inspired by a dream he had), concern a Navajo Indian and his pinto pony. The pair have an easygoing life until they take a walking vacation along a railroad track and are never seen again.

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