[Verse 1]

Don't eat green meat, it ain't good for you

Killed your brother, killed your sister too

Eatin' fresh-fried chicken on new-mown sand

Can't beat red beans eaten out of your hand

[Chorus]

Oh Mabel, Mabel

You know I love you, girl

But I'm not able

Mabel, oh Mabel

Please get off the kitchen table

[Verse 2]

Don't slice no onions, don't peel no grapes

Dream about banana slice, no smell-around shortcake

And if on a winter's tale, you find your sundial's wrong

You know the weather is what's brought it on

[Chorus]

Hey Mabel, Mabel

You know I love you, girl

But I'm not able

Mabel, hey Mabel

Please get off the kitchen table

[Verse 3]

Put the peas on the pot, put the pot on the hot

In the cellar lies my wife, in my wife there's a knife

So tote that hammer, lift that pick

And banish inhibition with a pogo stick

[Chorus]

Hey Mabel, Mabel

You know I love you, girl

But I'm not able

Oh Mabel, hey Mabel

Please get off the kitchen table