Fred Godfrey & Orlando Powell — London: Francis, Day &
Hunter, 1910.
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Worse, surely, than a land where women wear the trousers!
Recordings
Billy Williams recorded three versions of this song: 7 January 1911
for The Twin [later Zonophone], ca. March 1911 for Homophon, and
ca. April 1911 for Edison Amberol. 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).
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