[Dixielandjazz] Re: Who Was Mabel

[Jerry Gordon]

In my youth, it was the similar (but different) "Get off the table,
Mabel; the 2 bits is for the beer."

Jerry Gordon, Troy, NY - Web master for
http://www.timesunion.com/communities/jazz




On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:21:31 -0500 Stephen Barbone
<barbonestreet at earthlink.net> writes:
> > "John Farrell" <stridepiano at tesco.net> wrote (polite snip)
> 
> >  Near the end of each broadcast Wilfred awarded a  prize to
> > a winning quiz contestant and would ask, "What's on the table, 
> Mabel?" -
> > invariably it was something daft like a pair of kippers and a bag 
> of conkers
> > (for the benefit of Yank listmates conkers = buckeyes).
> 
> Perhaps John is on the right track about Mabel. Remember the rhyme:
> 
> Mabel Mabel
> Strong and able
> Get your elbows off the table
> The quarter's for the beer.
> 
> Perhaps the thought of a different outcome was "Mabel's Dream"?
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone