CHARLIE'S FATE
(From LaVon Larsen, McCammon, Idaho (1920s))

Charlie went down in the bucket;
The bucket went down in the well;
His wife cut the rope on the bucket,
And Chrlie went down into ---
Ting-a-ling-ling--tra-la-la-la!
How sweet are the voices that come from afar!
Ting-a-ling-ling--tra-la-la-la,
As I play on my Spanish guitar!

When Charlie got down into Hades,
He met with a terrible hap;
He stepped on a red-hot shovel,
And unttered the word, "I'll be---!"
Ting-a-ling-ling--tra-la-la-la!
How sweet are the voices that come from afar!
Ting-a-ling-ling--tra-la-la-la,
As I play on my Spanish guitar!

When Satan heard Charlie a-cussing,
He locked him right up in a cell;
"I'm a jolly good old fellow,
But no cussing will I have in---!"
Ting-a-ling-ling--tra-la-la-la!
How sweet are the voices that come from afar!
Ting-a-ling-ling--tra-la-la-la,
As I play on my Spanish guitar!