They saw a swallow building his nest;

I guess they figured he knew best,

So they built a town around him

And they called it Mobile,

(WHERE'S THAT?) Alabama.



They took a swampland, heavy with stream,

They added people with a dream,

And that dream became a heaven

By the name of Mobile.



Pretty soon the town had grown

'Til they had a slide trombone,

And a man who played piano,

And a swallow who sang soprano.



No use your wondrin' where you should go.

It's on the Gulf of Mexico

Where the southern belles are ringin'

And the climate's ideal,

It's a honeysuckle heaven

By the name of Mobile. Yaahhhhhh!





words & music: Bob Wells & David Holt

copyright: 1954 Morely Music Co., Inc. New York

source: 101 Popular Songs for Easy Piano,

Charles Hansen Music & Books, New York

transcribed: Dilly