i asked the man i saw how many jews in this town he said to me there used to be a minyan around but one of us passed away and we ve been feeling down yet now it seems as though another jew has been found won t you stay with us for shabbos minyan man i stepped off the bus in mobile alabama the sun was slowly setting on the bay it was six o clock on a summer friday afternoon shabbos was an hour away i walked around the town wondering what to do cause shabbos is no time to be feeling blue and then i saw a man who looked the same way too i was quite relieved to find a fellow jew i asked the man i saw how many jews in this town he said to me there used to be a minyan around but one of us passed away and we ve been feeling down yet now it seems as though another jew has been found won t you stay with us for shabbos minyan man we walked down winston avenue a block then two more and went into a shop that read closed on the door there was a minyan in the back of a hardware store nine men waiting for one more we ushered in the shabbos with a beautiful song the chazzan had a voice that was clear and strong we sang out as one all shabbos long then maariv came again i had to be moving on i asked the man i saw how many jews in this town he said to me there used to be a minyan around but one of us passed away and we ve been feeling down yet now it seems as though another jew has been found won t you stay with us for shabbos minyan man now that was twenty years ago and the vision is clear and i think about it every now and then cause the place is still dear and when i make this trip through mobile once every year i remember the men who prayed here now the minyan is gone a few died some moved on but the back of this store still remembers this song the nine men who waited till one came along how shabbos was carried on a song i asked the man i saw how many jews in this town he said to me there used to be a minyan around but one of us passed away and we ve been feeling down yet now it seems as though another jew has been found won t you stay with us for shabbos minyan man won t you stay with us for shabbos minyan man won t you stay with us for shabbos minyan man