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Thread #23523 Message #813375
Posted By: Jim Dixon
28-Oct-02 - 10:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: By Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggcha...
Subject: Lyr Add: LAKE SONG / BY LAKE CHARGOGGAGOGG...
A history of the song is given in an article here. (Well, actually, I got it from the Google cache here.)
THE LAKE SONG, also known as BY LAKE CHARGOGGAGOGGMANCHAUGGAGOGGCHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUGG Words and music by Will Heagney, Will Mahoney, and Bert Reed. Published by Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. 1935
What a place to see, what a place to be when the summer is here You can spend all your time at play, blues will soon disappear. Every day will be one big holiday, you'll be living at ease, From early morning till late at night, you can do as you please.
When you hear the rippling water, it will set your heart a gogg, At Lake Char-gogg-agogg-manchaugg-a-gogg-cha-bun-a-gun-ga-maugg And the rhythm of the bull frogs, with their love-lorn dialogue, At Lake Char-gogg-agogg-manchaugg-a-gogg-cha-bun-a-gun-ga-maugg.
Oh, there is such a lot to do, you lose all track of time Nobody knows it's Sunday till they hear the church bells chime. You can find out where this place is, if you look up your geog, It's Lake Char-gogg-agogg-manchaugg-agogg-cha-bun-a-gun-ga-maugg. It's Lake Char-gogg-agogg-manchaugg-agogg-cha-bun-a-gun-ga-maugg.