The Unlucky Charmer

Inspired by the British music-hall spirit of George Formby, “The Unlucky Charmer” reimagines comic romantic rejection through a smoky 1930s gypsy-jazz cabaret lens. With playful theatrical vocals, Django-style guitar, clarinet flourishes, accordion colour, and a winkingly self-pitying mood, the song follows one hopeless romantic asking the eternal question: if everyone else can find love, why not him? #GypsyJazz #CabaretSwing #VintageMusicHall #TheUnluckyCharmer #ComedySong #GeorgeFormby Lyrics : Now, I know I'm not handsome No good looks or wealth But the girls I chase say my plain face Will compromise their health Now, I know fellahs worse than me Bow-legged and boss-eyed Walking out with lovely women Clinging to their side Now, if women like them like men like those Why don't women like me Look at Empress Josephine The most attractive woman that ever was seen Yet Napoleon, short and fat Captivates a lovely looking dame like that Now, if women like them like men like those Why don't women like me, hey-hey Why don't women like me Last night I went out walking My intentions were to click But the sights I saw while walking out They nearly made me sick I saw a lot of lovely girls Attractive little dears Arm in arm with ugly men With cauliflower ears Well, if women like them like men like those Why don't women like me What can the attraction be That's the thing that always starts to worry me Although I haven't got a bean I've got a lot of things the girls have never seen Well, if women like them like men like those Why don't women like me, hey-hey Why don't women like me Now, I went on my holidays Down to the gay seaside I saw a lot of things there Being hidden by the tide The way the women jumped around The men there in the sea Made me think that there Is still a good chance left for me 'Cause if women like them like men like those Why don't women like me Of all the shapes and sizes there I've got a chance of clicking yet, I do declare Oh, I don't want to be a nark I saw a lot of things below the water mark Well, if women like them like men like those Why don't women like me, hey-hey Why don't women like me Well, if women like them like men like those Why don't women like me Take Lord Nelson with one limb Lady William Hamilton, she fell for him With one eye and one arm gone west She ran like the devil and she grabbed the rest Well, if women like them like men like those Why don't women like me, hey-hey Why don't women like me