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  I Do Wish I Were A Ladies Man

 

 

Billy Williams & Fred Godfrey, 1911.

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Zonophone Twin 751 Columbia R1752-B Phoenix 069-A
 
Billy Williams has signed
the wax master of this
1911 Columbia recording
(also used for a 1913
 reissue on Phoenix).
  

Recordings

Billy Williams recorded at least six versions of this song: ca. August 1911 for Columbia; ca. August 1911 for Homophon; ca. August 1911 for Jumbo; 9 September 1911 for Zonophone; ca. September-October for Pathé; and ca. March 1912 for Edison Standard. Reissues appeared on several other labels.1

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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).