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