My Lass Frae Glasgie Toon

 

 

Fred Godfrey & Billy Williams, 1911; manuscript of lyrics, with title as My Girl Fra Glasgie Toon, in Billy Williams Collection, National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, Australia.

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Zonophone Twin 676-BJohn Bull B66-BStarr Gennett 4691-A

 

Recordings

Billy Williams recorded seven 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 1911 for Edison Amberol, ca. September-October 1911 for Pathé, and 12 January 1912 for Favorite. Reissues appeared on several other labels.

(For comprehensive discographies of Billy Williams recordings, see Rust 1979; Andrews and Bayly 1982; for a collection of recordings of all the Billy Williams songs, see Myerscough 2001.)