#175 - Rhine Wine Charley

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• Composer:
  • George Leybourne (Joe Sanders)

    • #175 - Rhine Wine Charley
    • #433 - The Flying Trapeze
    • #434 - Champagne Charlie

    (1842–1884), 1871¹⁾
• Also known as:
  • Rhein Vine Sharley
• Early Arrangements
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• Incipit: 33455656676573215512333434454353251
• Condensed Incipit: 3456567657321512343454353251
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• Lyrics:
  Vat gare I for a den cend pie,
  No madder of ids made oud of cheese,
  So long vat I have mine goot Rhine vine,
  I'll laugh und do just vat I blease,
  Never gare I how de dimes may go,
  Zinzinnatti, Oh, hi-o!
  Bully goot Rhine vine does freely flow,
  Oh, I oh, I oh….
  
  chorus:
  Rhine vine Sharley vas my name,
  Und from Germany I game;
  Ven I go oud obon a spree,
  Drinking Rhine vine yust suids me.
  
  De beobles may of lager dalk,
  Und dold you dot it will make you stoud.
  Venever I drink a keg of it,
  Id makes me sick of my stomach oud:
  Down ad a pank vat dey gall “Faro,”
  Oh, I oh, Oh, I oh,
  Bully old Rhine vine is dere I know,
  Oh, I oh, I oh….
  
  Vite vines are vite, pegause dere vite,
  De red indeed is alzo red,
  But Rhine vine is de sduff, you know,
  Pegause id don't fly indo your head;
  Some beoble god drunk on viskey I know,
  Oh, I oh, I oh….
  
  So gome, who'll lend me fifdeen cends,
  Und to-nide I vill go on a spree,
  Und ven I'm full, I'll give a doast
  To Villiam, de Emperor of Germany.
  For de fighting in Europe, not long ago,
  Oh, I oh, Oh, I oh,
  Vas all apout de Rhine, you know,
  Oh, I oh, I oh….
  
  
  • Augustus (Gus) Williams

    • #175 - Rhine Wine Charley
    • #225 - See that My Grave's Kept Green
    • #242 - I'm Just Going Down By The Gate
    • #349 - Dairy-Maid Waltz
    • #479 - Pretty Little Dark Blue Eyes

    (1847-1915)
• See also:
  • #434 - Champagne Charlie

George Leybourne, an English music hall performer who composed this melody, was also the lyricist (but not the composer) of #434 - Champagne Charlie. There is some similarity in the theme and chorus.