Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
Oh, Charlie's neat and Charlie's sweet and Charlie he's a dandy
And ev'ry time he goes to town he brings me sugar candy
And I don't want none o' your weevily wheat and I don't want none o' your barley
Just take some flour in half an hour and bake a cake for Charlie
It's Charlie here and it's Charlie there, Charlie over the ocean
Oh, Charlie he'll be back again if he don't change his notion
My pretty little pink, I once did think I'd never do without you
But since I lost all hopes of you I care very little about you
How old are you, my pretty little miss? How old are you, my honey?
If I don't die of a broken heart I'll be sixteen on Sunday
Oh, rink toomah dink toomah diddle eye dum, rink toomah dink toomah doodle
Rink toomah dink toomah diddle eye dum, and a rink toomah dink toomah doodle
Now can you court, my pretty little miss? And can you court, my flower?
I'll court more in a minute and a half than you can in an hour
Oh, rink toomah dink toomah diddle eye dum, rink toomah dink toomah doodle
Rink toomah dink toomah diddle eye dum, and a rink toomah dink toomah doodle
Will you marry me, my pretty little miss? Will you marry me, good lookin'?
I'll marry you but I won't do your washin' or your cookin'
Oh, rink toomah dink toomah diddle eye dum, rink toomah dink toomah doodle
Oh, rink toomah dink toomah diddle eye dum, and a rink toomah dink toomah doodle
Oh, Charlie he's a nice young man, Charlie he's a dandy
And every time he goes to town he brings me sugar candy
And I don't want none o' your weevily wheat, I don't want none o' your barley
Just take some flour in half an hour and bake a cake for Charlie
It's Charlie here and it's Charlie there, Charlie over the ocean
Oh, Charlie he'll be back again if he don't change his notion
Charlie was written by Traditional.
Charlie was produced by Alan Lomax & Peter Kennedy.