Sheet Music, 1834-1899
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0019
Description
Cover: sung by the San Francisco Minstrels; Publisher: Wm. Hall and Son (New York)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 19th Century; Popular Music -- United States
Relational Format
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Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
They call me fast; but then I'm square, Thos' round both night and day; And when I ask a party out, I've got the stamps to pay In feather, I'm the gayest bird, My comrades all have said; I'm up each morning with the lark, With larks I go to bed! For Champagne Charley is my name!
Chorus
For Champagne Charley is my name! Champagne Charley is my name! Always ready for a time, my boys! Always ready for a time, my boys! Champagne Charley is my name! Champagne Charley is my name! Lots of greenbacks' in my pocket! Who'll crack a bottle with me now?
Second verse
On Broad way, almost any time, You'll see me saunter by, And when I pass the pretty girls, They always heave a sigh. But I'm too young to risk my neck, In Matrimony's yoke; Tho' I Hav Anna all the while, She only ends in smoke!
(Chorus)
Third Verse
At billiards and at faro, too, A keen-old hand am I; And as for suppers and for balls I catch them on the fly. I'm free and easy everywhere, But while the corks they pop I always know when to begin But never when to stop
(Chorus)
Fourth verse
I've paid my tailor's every dol; My landladys don't frown; My chalks I've settled up, when old I mean to settle down! Then let us live, boys, while we live; This life is but a spree; So hang the blues and sink your tears, Come! take a smile with me!
(Chorus)
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