Lyr Req: Big Mabel Murphy? / Big Mable Murphy (sic

Subject: Big Mabel Murphy and Little Melvin
From:
Date: 29 Mar 01 - 11:17 PM

I am trying to find the words to this song. Any help would be appreciated.

Subject: RE: Big Mabel Murphy and Little Melvin
From: GUEST,Roll&Go-C
Date: 30 Mar 01 - 08:15 PM

Any more clues, such as a verse or where and when you heard it?

Subject: Lyr Add: BIG MABLE MURPHY
From: Sorcha
Date: 30 Mar 01 - 09:39 PM

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

Subject: RE: Big Mabel Murphy and Little Melvin
From: Sorcha
Date: 30 Mar 01 - 09:42 PM

Sorry about the caps, I cut and pasted........

Subject: RE: Big Mabel Murphy and Little Melvin
From: Giac
Date: 30 Mar 01 - 11:07 PM

Once again, hats off to ya, Sorcha. I looked for that thing for two hours this morning. I remembered the "black eyes and knuckle bumps," but nothing more. Did the source say who recorded it?

Subject: RE: Big Mabel Murphy and Little Melvin
From: Gene
Date: 31 Mar 01 - 12:32 AM

The WRITER, for one....DALLAS FRAZIER

Subject: RE: Big Mabel Murphy and Little Melvin
From: Sorcha
Date: 31 Mar 01 - 08:31 PM

Only other recording artist I could find besides Frazier was Sue Thompson.

Subject: RE: Big Mabel Murphy and Little Melvin
From: Giac
Date: 31 Mar 01 - 11:18 PM

Sue Thompson's the one I could "hear" singing it. Thanks, Sorcha, I think it was on the country charts in the early 70s, around the same time she made some records with Don Gibson.

Subject: RE: Big Mabel Murphy and Little Melvin
From: Sorcha
Date: 01 Apr 01 - 12:24 AM

From somwhere......"Sue Thompson's last great hit was Big Mabel...in 1975." and you know what? Now I can't find the lyrics. Can't find the site I copied them from, LOL! I know all I did was put "big mabel and little melvin" in Google, and now it won't come up. I do remember that there was no other info at the site, just the lyrics, which is why I didn't bother to paste the URL.....

Subject: RE: Big Mabel Murphy and Little Melvin
From: Sorcha
Date: 01 Apr 01 - 12:38 AM

aHA! I finally found it again! You have to spell it mabLE instead of mabEL.....here is the address...http://server3003.freeyellow.com/colvin/songs
and I sen an e mail to mabelh who requested it.

Subject: RE: Big Mabel Murphy and Little Melvin
From: Sorcha
Date: 01 Apr 01 - 12:57 AM

Well, Mabel's address doesn't work. Wonder if it's prOdigy instead of prIdigy......if one doesn't know one's own e mail, there is not much we can do.

Subject: RE: Dallas Frazier/Big Mable Murphy
From: Gene
Date: 01 Apr 01 - 01:16 AM

FWIW:
Besides the referenced song, here's a
list of just a few of the many HIT SONGS
written by Dallas Frazier

All I Have To Offer You Is Me-Charley Pride
Alley Oop-Ray Stevens

Baptism Of Jesse Taylor, The-Oak Ridge Boys
Baptism Of Jesse Taylor, The-Johnny Russell

Dream Painter-Connie Smith

Elvira-Oak Ridge Boys

Fourteen Carat Mind-Gene Watson

How To Catch An African Skeeter-Little Jimmy Dickens

I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me-Charley Pride
If It Ain't Love Let's Leave It Alone-Connie Smith
If My Heart Had Windows-Patti Loveless

Johnny One Time-Brenda Lee

Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp, The-Kenny Rogers

There Goes My Everything-Ferlin Husky
Timber I'm Falling-Ferlin Husky