My transcription from the song heard on Spotify:


CHARLIE
As sung by Shirley Collins on "Sweet England" (originally issued 1959; reissued 2010)

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; I don't want none o' your barley.
Just take some flour in a 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 ... 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-to-my-dink to my diddle-die-dum, rink-to-my-dink to my doodle.
Rink-to-my-dink to my diddle-die-dum, and a rink-to-my-dink to my 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 that you can in an hour.

Oh, rink-to-my-dink, etc.

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-to-my-dink, etc.

Oh, Charlie, he's a nice young man; 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; I don't want none o' your barley.
Just take some flour in a 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.