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