Darling Mabel

DESCRIPTION: "Joe was in love with sweet Mabel" and writes a letter: "Darling Mabel, now I'm able To buy the happy home. Since they're raised my screw, love, I've enough for two, love. Will you marry?" He waits for an answer -- he forgot to send the letter. They marry
AUTHOR: A. J. Mills & Bennett Scott (source: monologues.co.uk)
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood); Fowke says it was known during the Boer War
LONG DESCRIPTION: "Joe was in love with sweet Mabel" but never manages to ask her to marry until he writes a letter: "Darling Mabel, now I'm able To buy the happy home. Since they're raised my screw, love, I've enough for two, love. Will you marry?" He waits many months for an answer, only to discover that he forgot to send the letter. When he sends it, she agrees and they marry
KEYWORDS: love courting marriage | forgetfulness letter
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 103, "Darling Mabel" (1 text)
Roud #23601
NOTES [23 words]: Fowke in Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood attributes this to Tom Costello, but I believe he was the performer, not the author. - RBW
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