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Richard Mellish	Lyr Req; The Moon Shines Down on Charlie Chaplin (30)	RE: Lyr Req; The Moon Shines Down on Charlie Chaplin	28 Sep 14
Un-named GUEST said > These are the original words to the song Also the correct chorus < Passing over what "correct" means in this context, the fact that the quoted verses reproduce what was already posted several years ago, and the fact that the line breaks are set out differently between the four half verses; what is of more concern is that the first half of each verse does not scan so as to fit the tune. The second halves of both verses (set out as three lines in verse 1 and two lines on verse 2) have the same number of stresses and the same rhyming pattern and do fit the tune. Verse 1 line 4 (as posted) has three too many stresses. Verse 2 line 3 (as posted) has five too few: to fit the pattern of the second halves there should be two stresses ending with something that rhymes with "Syne" and another three ending with something that rhymes with "Rhine" or "time".

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