Does anybody know the words?

Joe Crowe

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Sep 13, 2002, 2:15:10 PM9/13/02

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Does anybody know the verses to "The moon shines bright on Charlie
Chaplin......?

joe crowe

Graham H

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Sep 13, 2002, 2:25:02 PM9/13/02

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"Joe Crowe" <Joe....@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Does anybody know the verses to "The moon shines bright on Charlie
> Chaplin......?
>
> joe crowe
>
>

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

And the moon shines bright on Charlie Chaplin
His boots are cracking for t' want of blacking
And his old fusty coat is wanting mending
Until they send him to the Dardanelles

Charlie Chaplin, meek and mild, swiped a sausage from a child
When the child began to cry, Charlie socked him in the eye

Charlie Chaplin had no sense, he bought a fiddle for eighteen pence
And the only tune that he could play was Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay

Charlie Chaplin went to France to teach the ladies how to dance
First your heel and then your toe; lift up your skirts and 'round you go

Charlie, Charlie, chook, chook, chook, went to bed with three white ducks
One died, Charlie cried, Charlie, Charlie, chook, chook, chook

One, two, three, O'leary, I saw my Auntie Sary
Standing in the door, O'leary, kissing Charlie Chaplin

HTH

G.

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Joe Crowe

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Sep 13, 2002, 5:42:47 PM9/13/02

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Thank you very much, Graham. What brilliant service!

joe crowe

Jim Lucas

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Sep 14, 2002, 7:18:57 AM9/14/02

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> Joe Crowe wrote ...

> > Does anybody know the verses to "The moon shines
> > bright on Charlie Chaplin......?

Graham H replied:

> CHARLIE CHAPLIN
>
> And the moon shines bright on Charlie Chaplin
> His boots are cracking for t' want of blacking
> And his old fusty coat is wanting mending
> Until they send him to the Dardanelles
>
> Charlie Chaplin, meek and mild, swiped a sausage from a child
> When the child began to cry, Charlie socked him in the eye
>
> Charlie Chaplin had no sense, he bought a fiddle for eighteen pence
> And the only tune that he could play was Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay
>
> Charlie Chaplin went to France to teach the ladies how to dance
> First your heel and then your toe; lift up your skirts and 'round you go
>
> Charlie, Charlie, chook, chook, chook, went to bed with three white
ducks
> One died, Charlie cried, Charlie, Charlie, chook, chook, chook
>
> One, two, three, O'leary, I saw my Auntie Sary
> Standing in the door, O'leary, kissing Charlie Chaplin

Cool! I remember my parents singing what is apparently only the chorus,
a variant of Graham's version:

Oh, the moon shines bright on Charlie Chaplin;
His shoes are flappin', and they need blackin'.
And his old red pajamas needin' patchin'
Where he's been scratchin' mosquito bites.

/Jim Lucas

P.S. Mine is (presumably) an American version. By various indications,
Graham's is not.

Tom Morgan

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Sep 25, 2002, 12:05:35 PM9/25/02

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"Joe Crowe" <Joe....@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Does anybody know the verses to "The moon shines bright on Charlie
> Chaplin......?
>
> joe crowe
>
>

Let the moon shine bright on Charlie Chaplin,
His boots are cracking,
For want of blacking,
And his little baggy trousers they need mending,
Before we send him
To the Dardanelles.

Tom

selkie

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Sep 26, 2002, 8:22:31 PM9/26/02

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No. But it sounds kinda sad.
selkie
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D.M.T.

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Sep 26, 2002, 8:25:37 PM9/26/02

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according to this...
http://www.ku.edu/~kansite/WWI-L/1999/12/msg00310.html

those are all the lyrics....

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 01:22:31 +0100, "selkie" <jgfg...@ghhgh.com>
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