The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #23418 Message #1153716
Posted By: Little Robyn
03-Apr-04 - 04:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Beer, Beer, Beer / Charlie Mopps
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Beer, Beer, Beer (Charlie Mopps)
Frank Fife, an Aussie import to NZ, used to sing it regularly at the Balladeer coffee bar in the 60s. His words were a little different as I recall but we always joined in lustily....
"So come along me lucky lads, at 10 o'clock she stops,
For 5 short seconds remember Charlie Mops
A-1, a-2, a-3,4,5,
Well, he ought to be an admiral...."
Our records suggest it might have something to do with John Forman, the Broadside King.
Robyn