Come Into The Garden, John

 

 

Fred Godfrey & Billy Williams; Fred D’Albert also had a hand in writing the song, according to an assignment letter dated March 18, 1909 — London: Francis, Day & Hunter, 1910.

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Homophon 6863-ARecordings

Billy Williams recorded four versions of this song: 4 March 1909 for Homophone; 27 July 1909 for Zonophone; ca. October 1909 for Edison Amberol; and ca. March 1910 for Pathé. Reissues appeared on several other labels.1

Fred Mayne (Columbia-Rena 1278, 1910)

Jack Howard (Bell Disc 139, ca. 1910)

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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). 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).