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Thread #8256   Message #1103060
Posted By: Jim Dixon
27-Jan-04 - 09:32 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Champagne Charlie Is My Name
Subject: RE: lyrics-- Champagne Charlie is my name
Here's another verse from the song sung by Blind Blake. (Leon Redbone sings something very similar, but he mumbles a lot.):

I went down to Louisville and I ain't been there before.
And a great big bully knocked me down and I betn't (?) go back no more.
Champagne Charlie is my name.
Champagne Charlie is my name.
Champagne Charlie is my name, by golly,
An' roguin' an' stealin' is my game.