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Thread #32575 Message #429727
Posted By: Sorcha
30-Mar-01 - 09:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Big Mabel Murphy? / Big Mable Murphy (sic
Subject: Lyr Add: BIG MABLE MURPHY
Is this it? I am constantly amazed at what I find on the web.
BIG MABLE MURPHY
Way back in 29 in a town called Coffeeville Was a honky-tonk named Big Mable Murphy’s She had a sweetheart his name was Melvin And hair would fly between them every night Cause poor little Melvin was up every morning With two black eyes and knuckle bumps on his head
They said that Melvin'd get high on bathtub gin Cause it made him grow to almost twice his size He'd try to take over he'd sass Big Mable And her great big fist would black little Melvin’s eyes
One rainy evening Scarface Moozeyola Come in and started shoving folks around Big Mable Murphy was out in the kitchen They say Scarface shot little Melvin down
The very next morning down by the river Scarface was found a being a little short of breath They say that Scarface had died from a whuppin' He had two black eyes and knuckle bumps on his head
Big Mable Murphy's place raved on til she died And sometimes a tear would fill her eye And then she'd whisper lord I’d give anything If once more I could black little Melvin’s eyes