A popular song from 1909.
Words by Ren Shields, Ed. Moran, and Will D. Cobb.
Music by J. Fred Helf.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Young Percival DuPeyster
Was just a ribbon clerk
But Mabel Finch thought he was rich
And didn’t have to work
One pay-night he met Mabel
And asked her out to dine
And when he heard her order bird
He said, “Here goes my nine”
But when she ordered wine
A chill ran down his spine
He yelled so loud, that all the crowd
Heard up and down the line
CHORUS
Go easy Mabel! Go easy Mabel!
Mabel, if you love your Percy
Cease! oh, goodness! gracious! mercy!
Go easy Mable! I’m not a Pittsburgh man
If you can’t go easy, Mabel
Go as easy as you can
2. Said Mabel, “Gee! that’s funny
A millionaire that’s broke”
But Percy, he laughed inwardly
He couldn’t see the joke
She ordered two more bottles
And soon was feeling queer
Cried, “I’m a sport, Hey! bring a quart
To everybody here”
The waiter then drew near
And Percy, shook with fear
Then he turned pale, he thought of jail
And cried, “Oh, honey dear”
3. One year they have been married
The doctor came today
And Percival, was nervous
Till he heard what nurse would say
The nurse held up two fingers
He proudly walked the floor
When later, she just held up three
Then Perce cut loos and swore
But when she held up four
His hair he madly tore
When he came to, he pleaded through
The keyhole of the door