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
<br /> 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