Artist: Lieutenant F.S. Ricketts
Author: Kenneth Alford
Year: 1916
Conducting the Second Batallion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. First published in 1914 (a good year for the marches) under alias Kenneth W. Alford.
Covers:
Tony Bell [n°1 VL as Charel, that's two years before the River Kwai recording]
Malcolm Arnold [as The River Kwai March in film The Bridge On The River Kwai with William Holden and Alec Guinness; Alford/Ricketts wasn't credited]
Mitch Miller [idem]
Annie Cordy [n°1 Fr as Hello! Le Soleil brille]
Dudley Moore [as Colonel Bogey]
Who [in John Mason's Cars, twice on The Who Sell Out]
Alberto [as Onno, Mag Ik Je Toyboy Zijn]
Always been a soldier's favorite and the cruder the lyrics, the better. In wartime and peacetime alike, see the Flemish hit version of '55: Charel, ik heb uw gat gezien (Charly, I've seen your naked ass).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)