When The Moon Shines Bright On Charlie Chaplin (Anti-Chaplin WWI Novelty Song) - 1918

[CarisGrey]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Oh dear, poor Charlie! Oh well, The Tramp lives on and rightly so!

According to someone or other it scared the hell out of Charlie when he heard this, i can imagine his face...

[ladyelicharlot]

HOW DARE THEY??? Shame shame shame on them!!!!!!

[rockaroundtheclock56]

Either way, C.C rules! :D

[KenBoesem]

Lillie Soutter was a British pantomime/music-hall actress whose career spanned c. 1900-1920 or so. I think I remember seeing she died in the 1920s(?).

In the same way that modern commercial sheet music highlights the performer, film or play that made the song famous on the front cover for marketing purposes, the prominent name of a well-known and popular music-hall (or in America vaudeville) star would help to sell printed copies of a song he or she had popularized.

[CharlieChaplinsAngel]

is this seriously an anti-chaplin song?

[grinnyboat]

does anyone remember a version of this in the 80s by a band/group called bojangles? I had it on 45 but lost it and would love to hear it again!

[Papergei1]

voice sounds very similar to that of Stanley Kirkby............

[boogger250]

my grandmother would sing this to me when i was little. My grandfather had suffered in the trenches of the Great War. Now i know where the song came from.

thanks for posting. 

[CharlieChaplinsAngel]

i read about this song and those charlie chaplin feet in one of my chaplin books, i was laughing and never knew how it went so i created my own :D would you mind if i made a video to this song?

[atlantissg1]

During World War I, Chaplin was criticized in the British press for not joining the Army. He had in fact presented himself for service, but was denied for being too small at 5'5" and underweight.

[moominpic]

@atlantissg1 Oliver Hardy had a similar situation. Although he was a very fit and athletic person, the recruiting officers laughted at him for being so large (this was before he was really famous)

[HereticElitesUnite]

It's Murray Johnson singing. This song is on an album I purchased on iTunes called "Oh, What a Lovely War". I recommend it for other WWI buffs!

P.S. Leave my boy Charlie alone >8O

[kfarm2001]

Chaplin's films were adored by soldiers on all sides of the conflict. They saw he had a lot of dignity and they loved the way he thumbed his nose at authority.

[Chaplin1914]

It is most certainly a man singing! I do not know who the woman on the sheet music is. Perhaps a little detective work is required!

[Shoknifeman]

I'd expect the woman is Miss Lillie Souter....although this isnt her singing on your version, obviously

[FairbanksMuseum]

Thanks for posting this. Wow, never heard that song before! What a treat!

Is that really a female vocalist? Sounds like a man singing!