Fred Godfrey & Billy Williams, composed 1911; EMI database credits
Godfrey alone — London: Francis, Day & Hunter, 1913; manuscript
of lyrics in author’s collection.
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Recordings
Billy Williams recorded this song twice: ca. October 1911 for Jumbo,
and 14 March 1912 for Zonophone. Reissues appeared on several other labels; the Scala and Columbia releases shown here used the Jumbo master.1
Jumbo Military Band, in “Jumbo Band Medley 2” (Jumbo 617, 1912)
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Note
1 For comprehensive discographies of recordings by Billy Williams, see Brian Rust, British Music Hall on Record (Harrow, UK:
Gramophone, 1979); and Frank Andrews and Ernie Bayly, Billy Williams’ Records: A Study in Discography (Bournemouth, UK:
Talking Machine Review, 1982). |