Mabel Weinberg: Fluffy, & Grateful that I've lived to sing this music and to dance

I have a dog, Fluffy is her name
She’s so very loving, I was tempted
to let her sleep with me
but they said it wasn’t a good idea
My neighbors, they take care of her
They let her sleep with them,
Their son spoils my dog so much
I’ve never slept with a dog in my life
I miss her so much but I haven’t seen her
in a long, long time. I love her so much.
If you think I’m going to sleep with her now,
you’re crazy
Still, I would love to have her here with me
but she’s a barker and we can’t have any of that

—Mabel Weinberg

I would love to have played the piano

and sing to the people

to make them happy

And I'd like see them smile

and enjoy it while

I'm playing or singing

When I was born

I had infantile paralysis

The doctor told my mother

to keep me in bed or I'd be gone

but I fooled them

They said it was a miracle

I lived to tell you this

and I'm grateful that I've lived

to sing this music and to dance.

—Mabel Weisenberger?

In New Orleans everybody’d start shooting guns into the air to drive the old year out & to bring the new year in. They’d throw firecrackers, anything to make a noise & we’d all drink eggnog to sing in the New Year.

—Mabel Weinberg

GROUP NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION

GROUP NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION

If I could make a New Year’s resolution today
It would be not to take unscheduled naps CS
Or to lose weight—I work on it all the time here
Too much good cooking isn’t a good thing MG
I wish for the ones I love should have good health
Always through the year. That’s important FP
I’d like to go bowling once and a while
And hit them all, or at least most of the time JB
I’d like to be able to walk like I used to,
to go dancing, able to walk like I used to
I’d like to have an invention with a good income or
I’d like to win the jackpot we’ll go from there WH
I want to have more joy in one’s life, health,
and to win the lottery, hit the jackpot NON
I want someone to take me down to get the winning ticket.
I think I’d keel over if I got the winning ticket,
I’d have to wake up real fast. CS
I never make New Year’s promises
because I always break ‘em MB
I’m looking forward to a cruise with my family
go down the coast & turn left at the canal
I want to be nice to everybody around me
so they will help others, & treat me nice
and everybody will be happy this way. LK
I wish for this millennium to be less cataclysmic MH
What the world needs now is love
I would like to see more love in the world
I’d start with myself, I’d show my love for others
And maybe they’d show their love for all of us MB

Madeline Bedal, Catherine Schuler, Mary Gifford, Frances Pearlman, Joan Butler, Mabel Weinberg, Mary Wailes, Neil O’Neill, Lee Kwan & Maureen Hurley