Funny Charlie Chaplin 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 03 Mar 2006
2006

Who is the idol of the day?
Funny Charlie Chaplin:
Who is it drives the blues away?
Funny Charlie Chaplin,
if you've never seen this clown
you must have lived in some rube town,
for he has won a great renown,
so get your hat and gown.

And come with me
and I'll show you
just the place to go,
just follow me
for we're going to a movie show
I'm goin' to give you
a most peculiar laughing treat,
show you a man
with a fortune in his feet,
and when he walks
with those funny itchy twitchy strides,
you'll laugh so hard
that you'll have to hold on to your sides,
when he trips on his toes,
falls on his nose,
then you'll know
that's Funny Charlie Chaplin.

so come with me
and I'll show you
just the place to go,
just follow me
for we're going to a movie show
I'm goin' to give you
a most peculiar laughing treat,
show you a man
with a fortune in his feet,
and when he walks
with those funny itchy twitchy strides,
you'll laugh so hard
that you'll have to hold on to your sides,
when he trips on his toes,
falls on his nose,
then you'll know
that's Funny Charlie Chaplin.

He has a style that's all his own,
Funny Charlie Chaplin.
He has a smile I'd like to own,
Funny Charlie Chaplin,
with his little black moustache,
and hat and cane he cuts a dash,
and on the girls he makes a mash,
altho' he's often rash.

And come with me
and I'll show you
just the place to go,
just follow me
for we're going to a movie show
I'm goin' to give you
a most peculiar laughing treat,
show you a man
with a fortune in his feet,
and when he walks
with those funny itchy twitchy strides,
you'll laugh so hard
that you'll have to hold on to your sides,
when he trips on his toes,
falls on his nose,
then you'll know
that's Funny Charlie Chaplin.

so come with me
and I'll show you
just the place to go,
just follow me
for we're going to a movie show
I'm goin' to give you
a most peculiar laughing treat,
show you a man
with a fortune in his feet,
and when he walks
with those funny itchy twitchy strides,
you'll laugh so hard
that you'll have to hold on to your sides,
when he trips on his toes,
falls on his nose,
then you'll know
that's Funny Charlie Chaplin.

Soft karaoke
Words
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piano 2
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lyric
pizz str bass
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Funny Charlie Chaplin 1915
Words and Music by James G. Ellis
© 1915 by J.H.Martin
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 03 March 2006 at 10.30
in association with Doug Grierson
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