Billy Williams & Fred Godfrey; Harry Carlton also a co-author, according
to Godfrey letter assigning rights to Billy Williams dated Jan. 31, 1911
— London: Francis, Day & Hunter, 1911.
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Recordings
Billy Williams recorded two versions of this song: 3 February 1911 for
Zonophone, and ca. March 1911 for Homophon. Reissues appeared on several
other labels.1
J. Thorby (Clarion 557, 1911) [cylinder]
Ada Jones (Operaphone 1019) [vertical cut disc] — same song?
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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).
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