This was a family song (verse) for me. We sang 'May the moon shine bright...

In his autobiography Chaplin commrnted that he knew of it but did not understand why he should be sent to the Dardanelles.
It was one of a number of snatches of song/parodies that were sung at our house,at any time just for the pleasure of giving voice. We had parodies for 'If I were a blackbird' (If I were a pigeon...), 'Molly Malone (Deaf and dumb bloaters...) 'Red sails in the sunset (Bloodstains on the carpet..) All our children heard of Jackanory (2 stories) and learned how to make their siblings say 'rude' words by quickly repeating 'I chased a bug around a tree, I'll have his blood 'e knows I will'. All our babies had 'Knock on the knocker' played on their faces, and the tickling game 'Round and round the garden.'