uc dai loi, cheap charlie, he won't buy me saigon tea
uc dai loi, cheap charlie, he won't buy me saigon tea saigon tea cost many,
many pi, uc dai loi he cheap charlie
tan toi lan, cheap charlie, he no give me mpc, mpc cost---- tan toi lan ---
lin my,
cheap charlie, he no go to bed with me for it cost him--- lin my he ----
uc dai loi cheap charlie make me give him one for free mama-san go crook at me--etc
tan toi lan cheap charli, he give babysan to me etc
lin my cheap charlie, he sail home across the sea etc
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as above + coffey-san, cheap charlie, he take back 500pi coffey-san not happy with me
coffey-san numbah 3, he no keep his girl with he coffey-san get clap from me -----------------------------
uc dai loi = australian, tan toi lan = kiwi, lin my = american in vietnamese this was probably the bestknown and widely sung of soldier songs amongst english speaking troops -- i've used a different 'country of origen' of the cheap charlie, but when sung, generally only one of the kiwis americans,
australian would be used, either to make fun of themselves, or their comrades in arms -- australians would sing abouit kiwis being 'cheap charlies',
or whatever.
 saigon tea was tea given to bar girls when asoldier would order them a whiskey-this kept the girl sober, and increased profit to bar owner.
 darky edwards sang this for me.
 the added verses are from the 161 recce flight colection - coffey was one of the pilots flying in vietnam.