Deck us all with Boston Charlie

[+ ArVaGuy]

Here's a little Christmas ditty to enjoy. Some here just might be ,ahem, old enough to remember the original cartoon from when it was published.

 

Deck us all with Boston Charlie,

Walla Walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo!

Nora's freezin' on the trolley,

Swaller dollar cauliflower alley-garoo!

 

Don't we know archaic barrel

Lullaby Lilla Boy, Louisville Lou?

Trolley Molly don't love Harold,

Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!

 

Bark us all bow-wows of folly,

Polly wolly cracker 'n' too-da-loo!

Donkey Bonny brays a carol,

Antelope Cantaloupe, 'lope with you!

 

Hunky Dory's pop is lolly gaggin' on the wagon,

Willy, folly go through!

Chollie's collie barks at Barrow,

Harum scarum five alarm bung-a-loo!

 

Dunk us all in bowls of barley,

Hinky dinky dink an' polly voo!

Chilly Filly's name is Chollie,

Chollie Filly's jolly chilly view halloo!

 

Bark us all bow-wows of folly,

Double-bubble, toyland trouble! Woof, woof, woof!

Tizzy seas on melon collie!

Dibble-dabble, scribble-scrabble! Goof, goof, goof!

[KMEM]

Of course, Walt Kelly's Pogo. We have met the enemy and he is us.

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[gallahadesquire]

1. Let me tell you the story

Of a man named Charley

On a tragic and fateful day

He put ten cents in his pocket,

Kissed his wife and family

Went to ride on the MTA

 

Charley handed in his dime

At the Kendall Square Station

And he changed for Jamaica Plain

When he got there the conductor told him,

"One more nickel."

Charley could not get off that train.

 

Chorus:

Did he ever return,

No he never returned

And his fate is still unlearn'd

He may ride forever

'neath the streets of Boston

He's the man who never returned.

 

2. Now all night long

Charley rides through the tunnels

Saying, "What will become of me?

How can I afford to see

My sister in Chelsea

Or my cousin in Roxbury?"

 

Chorus

Charley's wife goes down

To the Scollay Square station

Every day at quarter past two

And through the open window

She hands Charley a sandwich

As the train comes rumblin' through.

 

Chorus

 

3. As his train rolled on

Through Greater Boston

Charlie looked around and sighed,

"Well, I'm sore and disgusted

And I'm absolutely busted;

I guess this is my last long ride."

 

Now you citizens of Boston,

Don't you think it's a scandal

That the people have to pay and pay

Vote for Walter A. O'Brien

And fight the fare increase

Get poor Charley off the MTA.

 

Chorus:

Or else he'll never return,

No he'll never return

And his fate will be unlearned

He may ride forever

'neath the streets of Boston

He's the man (Who's the man)

He's the man (Oh, the man)

He's the man who never returned.

 

[jankeedaddy]

And now the "tap" card for the now renamed BMTA is, ta da!!! the CHARLIE CARD.

 

Some of us got Senior Charlie Cards. Got it in my pocket.