Big Mable Murphy

Way back in '29 somewhere in Coffeeville
 Was a honky tonk named Big Mable Murphy's
 She had a sweetheart named Little Melvin
 And hair would fly between them every night
 They say Little Melvin got wild on bathub gin
 Cause it made him grow to almost twice his size
 He'd try to take over and sass Big Mable
 And her great big fist would black Little Melvin's eyes
 Big Mable Murphy she loved Little Melvin
 But he never did learn to do just what she said
 Cause poor Little Melvin woke up every morning
 With two black eyes and knuckle bumps on his head
 Then late one rainy night Scarface Mouzziola
 Came in and started shoving folks around
 Big Mable Murphy was back in the kitchen
 So just for fun he shot Little Melvin down
 Early next morning down by the river
 Scarface Mouzziola was found real short of breath
 They say that Scarface had died from a whoopin'
 He had two black eyes and knuckle bumps on his head
 Big Mable Murphy's place raved on until she died
 And they say 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