Come And Have A Look At What I’ve Got!

Fred Godfrey & Billy Williams, composed 1911; EMI database credits Godfrey alone — London: Francis, Day & Hunter, 1913; manuscript of lyrics in Billy Williams Collection, National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, Australia.

* * * * * * * * * * * *

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

__________________

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). For a collection of recordings of
     all the Billy Williams songs, see J.P. Myerscough, Billy Williams: All the Songs
     [8-CD set and accompanying notes] (Lowestoft, UK: Music Hall Masters, 2001).