[Dixielandjazz] Who's Mabel

[Adaywayne at aol.com]

Perhaps one of Berlin's "girl friends."
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How Do You Do It, Mabel, On Twenty Dollars A Week Lyrics
[1st verse:]
Mabel Brown came to town
All dress'd up in her gingham gown
And a ribbon in her hair
In her eyes a vacant stare
Joined a show, wrote her beau
Mabel wanted to let him know
She was earning, so to speak
Twenty dollars a week
Her beau came down to New York town
To see his Mabel dear
The minute that he saw her flat
He whispered in her ear

[chorus:]
How do you do it, Mabel, on twenty dollars a week?
Tell us how you are able on twenty dollars a week
A fancy flat and a diamond bar
Twenty hats and a motor car
Go right to it but how do you do it
On twenty dollars a week?

[2nd verse:]
Mabel's beau couldn't go
Hung around for a week or so
Till he'd written on a pad
All the things that Mabel had
When he'd spent ev'ry cent
Right to Mabel he quickly went
For a small financial loan
Then he started for home
Each girl he met down home, you bet
He told them all he saw
Next day a mob were on the job
At Mabel's flat to roar

[2nd chorus:]
How do you do it, Mabel, on twenty dollars a week?
Tell us how you are able on twenty dollars a week
We'd like to work in the chorus too
Earn our twenty the same as you
If we knew it, we'd willingly do it
On twenty dollars a week







In a message dated 12/3/03 9:58:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Ander6205 at aol.com writes:
Hi Listmates:
       You've been having discussions regarding a song about Mabel as in 
Mabel's Dream.  I have a question about a song titled "How Do You Do It Mabel 
On 
Twenty Dollars A Week"?  Who was Mabel in this tune?

                   Andy