CHARLIE MACNEIL
by
Harry Lauder & Alec Melville
contributed by Bruce McCausland

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I'm Charlie MacNeil and I like London weel,
But the lassies astonish me fairly.
Wherever I go they are yelling "Hul-lo--o-o!
Here comes bonnie wee Charlie:"
They wrinkle my clothes and they tramp on my toes,
For they're all of them trying to kiss me;
And one of them went, and for poison she sent,
Because she happen to miss me.

Chorus
The lassies all tickle and tease me,
Hug, and canoodle and squeeze me;
they give me a cheer and they call metheir "dear"
I'm their "Bonnie Wee Charlie"

Verse 2
One nicht after dark, I went for a lark,
I thought it was only my duty;
But the lassies I met I can never forget,
They were all thunderstruck at my beauty.
But when they drew near I was shaking with fear;
There was one they called Mary McCluskers,
In trying to kiss me one the kisser, ye see,
Nearly pull'd out the half of my whiskers.

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Verse 3

One nicht at a ball I went intae a hall,
And they asked me to join in the Lancers.
Some fellah did roar, "Leave your feet at the door,
If ye want to be one of the dancers!"
The lassies you see, they were dancing with me,
And the fellahs they kicked up a shindy;
They broke up the ball and they emptied the hall,
And then emptied me oot o' the windy.

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