The lyrics that Andy Roberts sings are close to those printed in Singing Family of the Cumberlands
by Jean Ritchie (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1955), page 60—so I'll give those first:


CHARLIE

1. Charlie's neat and Charlie's sweet
And Charlie he's a dandy.
Charlie he's the very lad
That stole my stripèd candy.

CHORUS: Over the river to feed my sheep,
And over the river, Charlie,
Over the river to feed my sheep
And to measure up my barley.

2. My pretty little pink, I once did think
I never could do without you.
Since I lost all hopes of you,
I care very little about you. CHORUS

3. Don't want your wheat, don't want your cheat,
And neither do I want your barley,
But I'll take a little of the best you got
To bake a cake for Charlie. CHORUS