Moon Shines Bright on Charlie Chaplin, The

DESCRIPTION: "The moon shine bright on Charlie Chaplin, His boots are cracking For want of blacking And his (baggy/khaki) trousers They want mending Before we send him To the Dardanelles."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang)
KEYWORDS: soldier travel clothes
FOUND IN: Ireland Britain
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 180, "Oh, the moon shines bright on Charlie Chaplin" (1 short text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 59, "(Oh, the moon shines so bright)" (1 text)
Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang, p. 40, "The Moon Shines Bright" (1 text)
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #36, "Hiawatha (Gallipoli Version)" (1 text)
Roud #10558
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Charlie Chaplin Went to France" (subject of Chaplin) and references there
cf. "Red Wing (I)" (tune) and references there
cf. "Red Wing (II)" (lyrics)
NOTES [67 words]: I don't know if it's significant to the history of this song, or any of the other Charlie Chaplin songs, but according to John Mullen, The Show Must Go On! Popular Song in Britain during the First World War, French edition 2012; English edition, Ashgate, 2015, p. 58, an imitator of Charlie Chaplin was a typical feature of the divisional entertainments staged by British troops during World War I. - RBW
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