From the show “Nobody Home”, 1915
Words and music by Schuyler Greene, Otto Motzan and Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- There’s a brand new dance creation
There’s a brand new dance sensation
That has hurled this peaceful nation
In a whirl of syncopation
Since Charlie Chaplin came to town
Chorus
Just see them imitating Chaplin’s walk
Just see them syncopating Chaplin’s walk
In every window that you pass by
You’ll see his statue there smiling at you
Just see them cultivating Chaplin’s walk
The town is going mad
Since this new fad they’ve had
I’ve seen a corner fakir
Get a laugh from an undertaker
Imitating Charlie Chaplin’s walk
- Men in large or small positions
Men like doctors and physicians
Car conductors and contractors
Are becoming movie actors
Since Charlie Chaplin came to town
Chorus
Just see them imitating Chaplin’s walk
Just see them syncopating Chaplin’s walk
In every window that you pass by
You’ll see his statue there smiling at you
Just see them cultivating Chaplin’s walk
The town is going mad
Since this new fad they’ve had
My little sister Fanny
Gets poor old granny’s “nanny”
Imitating Charlie Chaplin’s walk
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: