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Fred Godfrey & Billy Williams — London: Francis, Day &
Hunter, 1913; manuscript of lyrics in Billy Williams Collection,
National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, Australia.
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Recordings
Billy Williams recorded seven versions of this song: 26 July 1912
for Zonophone, ca. August 1912 for Columbia, ca. August 1912 for Homophon,
ca. September 1912 for Jumbo, ca. September 1912 for Pathé, ca.
December 1912 for Favorite, and ca. October 1913 for Edison Blue Amberol.
Reissues appeared on several other labels, including the uncommon Tower
pressing of the Homophon master from around 1921 shown above.
(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.)
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