"Charley, My Boy" is a song with music by Ted Fio Rito and lyrics by Gus Kahn.

[1] The sheet music was published for voice and piano by Irving Berlin Inc., and in Australia by J. Albert & Son.

[2] The refrain is four lines, of which the first two are: It is sung from the viewpoint of a woman enamored of a man whom she finds to be an exceptional lover, even better than Romeo: On July 18, 1923, singing comedian Eddie Cantor recorded the song, which he released as a single on Columbia Records in 1924.

[citation needed] Murray's version featured a short instrumental interlude between the two sets of verses, which included a bar from an earlier Murray recording with a similar theme, also introduced by Eddie Cantor: In 1949, "Charley" was recorded on the Decca Records label by the Andrews Sisters as the A-side of a single which had "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" (from the popular 1949 John Wayne movie of the same name) as the B-side.

[5] It is now most easily found as a square dance tune, with at least three different publications, two by MacGregor and one by Hi Hat Records, the latter using the alternate spelling and punctuation "Charlie, My Boy.