As the thread originator, Johnny, says in the third message:

I have about four versions of the lyrics, all corny. You could substitute "San Jose" or even "South L.A."

Farewell to Stromness has the line, "The mountains and valleys of Orkney farewell." I can't remember mountains in Orkney, although the Highland Park Distillery outside Kirkwall is on a bit of a hill.

There are lots of these "lovely town" songs that might be quite sentimental and well-loved, without saying anything accurate about the town itself.

Now, MY town song is very accurate:

O Racine, Racine, what a dirty rotten city
With your torn-up streets and your filthy-smelling river
O I love you with my heart and I love you with my liver
O Racine, what a hole.

Which is why I no longer live in Racine, Wisconsin - even though I have many good memories of growing up in a dying industrial town.

-Joe-