One paper in the Song Collection written by a student named Neil Chambers, examines Cincinnati's local singing telegram company Mabel H. Singing Telegrams. Since 1978 when the paper was written, Mabel H. Singing Telegrams have disappeared from Cincinnati, and are likely a rarity anywhere in the county. Chambers wrote on the singing telegram as a form of folk humor.

Their genre is a combination of the conversational, play and static classifications, which incorporates tradition, nostalgia, history and entertainment. Singing telegrams are converstational in their manner. The messanger introduces himself to the recipient, who surprisingly questions him on his appearances and purpose. After a quick exchange of answers, the messenger proceeds to deliver the telegram, which entertains and befuddles the recipient.