Oh the moon shines bright on Charlie Chaplin
His boots are cracking
For the want of blacking
And his little baggy trousers want a-mending
Before they send him
To the Dardanelles.

That's all I know. Presumably it originated in 1915, but it was still current in playgrounds in the 1940s. Was it used in the Chilton/Littlewood production 'Oh What a Lovely War?' I can't remember and I have lost my video of the film.