CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE
(Alfed Lee (m) George Leybourne (original l) Ernest Irving & Frank Eyton (revised l) )




Some people go for funny drinks and down 'em by the pail,
Like coffee cocoa tea and milk and even Adam's ale;
For my part they can keep the lot I never would complain,
I wouldn't touch the bloomin' stuff I only drink champagne.

For Champagne Charlie is my name,
Champagne drinking is my game,
There's no drink as good as fizz fizz fizz!
I'll drink ev'ry drop there is is is!
All round town it is the same,
By pop pop pop I rose to fame.
I'm the idol of the barmaids,
Champagne Charlie is my name.

I earned my famous title thro' a hobby which I've got,
Of never letting others pay however long the shot;
Whoever drinks at my expense has no need to complain,
For everyone I treat alike I make them drink champagne.

For Champagne Charlie is my name,
Champagne drinking is my game,
There's no drink as good as fizz fizz fizz!
I'll drink ev'ry drop there is is is!
All round town it is the same,
By pop pop pop I rose to fame.
I'm the idol of the barmaids,
Champagne Charlie is my name.

Perhaps you think what I say now is just a bit of chaff,
And only put into this song to raise a little laugh;
To prove that I'm not jesting and the sort of man I am,
I'm goin' to stand champagne all round and stand it like a lamb.

For Champagne Charlie is my name,
Champagne drinking is my game,
There's no drink as good as fizz fizz fizz!
I'll drink ev'ry drop there is is is!
All round town it is the same,
By pop pop pop I rose to fame.
I'm the idol of the barmaids,
Champagne Charlie is my name.




(Contributed by Peter Akers - February 2016)