Just tonight, I had asked my mother to sing "Abie" and she said, "What? That old thing?" She remembers it from her mother and father's duets. Her father had sometimes performed in vaudeville-type shows; her mother had worked for a time singing to promote sales of sheet music.

What my mother sang was very close to the version posted by Guest,Kate.

Abie, Abie, my boy, what are you waiting for now?
You promised to marry me some day in June,
It's never too late and it's never too soon.
Abie, Abie, my boy, vot are you vating for now?

All my relatives keep on asking me,
Vot day? Vich day?
I dunno vot to say!
Abie, Abie, my boy, vot are you vating for now?

'Cause, I ain't got no money, m-o-n-e-y.
I'm busted, disgusted, financially embarrassed,
Haven't got a solitary c-e-n-t.
When I think of the old folks, ay-yiy, how I sigh
'Cause I ain't got no money, m-o-n-e-y.
Not. One. Red. Cent.

SOoooo - Put every cent away, for a rainy day,
And put a lock on the door.
'Cause it's easy to spend, and it's easy to lend,
But it's doggone hard to get it again.

SOoooo - If you've a little bit, hang on to it.
And try to get a little bit mo-o-ore.