"Timetable Mable" — 1940s B&M Song

I found this video on YouTube of an old B&M radio promo record from the 1940s and thought it was a pretty cool and unique item. I've searched for one but no luck.

Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTjHVJIxENc

They're almost impossible to find nowadays, most got broken, as records from that time period were made out of a very brittle plastic that broke just by dropping them. I bought one on E-Bay a couple of years ago and donated in to the Walker Collection of the Beverly Historical Society.

drvmusic wrote:Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTjHVJIxENc

That's fantastic!

I have the sheet music for Timetable Mabel, the girl who's in love with a train. Back about 1947, the wife of the doorkeeper of the New Hampshire State House made herself a dress with the current B & M public timetables as the designs. She got publicity including a write up in an issue of B & M Employee Magazine and local radio, I think WNAC. The recording artists were Dolly Dawn and the Jesters and the record got local airplay. Dolly Dawn appears in several photos with the sheet music. Ms. Dawn passed away about 10-12 years ago, locally.

Thought you guys might like that

Thanks for all of the info on this! I have an old hand-crank victrola and hold out hope that someday I'll come across a copy.

On the sheet music, is it simple chord-structure? I'd love to cover it on guitar.

I am not musically oriented, so I can't help you.

I've tried to find a copy of that record myself, but no luck. I'm glad we can listen to it on YouTube at least.

Try Itunes............I bet you could get it for less than a buck.