Champagne Charlie

Date

Circa 1978

Code

CH/5/6/5/37

Extent

Single sheet of paper

Level

Item

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Reproduction of a music sheet cover 'Champagne Charlie'. Reproduced circa 1978. Original produced by lithographer Alfred Concanen, circa 1866. Written and sung by George Leybourne. Music composed by Alfred Lee. Depicts full length view of Victorian gentleman, dressed in stripped trousers, jacket and top hat. He is pointing a cane at a champagne bottle he is holding, causing the bottle to open and its contents to pour out. Top has the title 'CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE'. Lower end 'THE GREAT COMIC SONG WRITTEN AND SUNG BY / GEORGE LEYBOURNE'. With some lyrics below followed by the name of the composer Alfred Lee.

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