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Thread #8256   Message #1101262
Posted By: Jim Dixon
25-Jan-04 - 08:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Champagne Charlie Is My Name
Subject: Lyr Add: BOURBON BOB (CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE'S BROTHER)
From The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music:

BOURBON BOB (CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE'S BROTHER)
Words, Saul Ser-trew. Music, Rollin Howard. 1869.

Of all the chaps I ever saw, so jolly and so gay,
I sing of one could give you points and beat you ev'ry day.
He dressed himself in gorgeous style, and when a friend he'd meet,
From drinks he never would back out, although he would retreat.

CHORUS: Oh! Yes he was gay and nobby.
They called him Bourbon Bobby.
Like a gay and festive sporter, he spent his money free,
And none in town could take him down on a jolly jamboree.

He used to carry lots of stamps, no matter where he went,
And if he knew a friend was poor, he'd give him ev'ry cent.
He was the pet of all the girls and kept the latest hours.
The reason why he talked so sweet, he lived on bourbon sours. CHORUS

He always smoked the best cigars no matter what the cost.
He played at Keno like a man and paid up when he lost.
At dinner when he took his seat, he took his little nip.
Whenever trouble troubled him, he always let her rip. CHORUS

He sat behind the fastest nag of any on the road.
I tell you what: he always threw three aces when he throwed.
In every gay accomplishment, the boy was most complete.
Although quite "reddish" in the nose, he never was a "beat." CHORUS

Oh, now I end my little song about this gay old sport,
Who, though he practiced at the bar, yet never was in court.
And so he led a jolly life wherever he might be,
And just the happy lad to meet upon a jamboree! CHORUS