Oh! Mr. McPherson

 

 

Billy Williams & Fred Godfrey — London: Francis, Day & Hunter, 1912.

 

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Cinch 5115-B
Starr Gennett 4701

Canadian
Starr Gennett reissue
from the early 1920s,
with incorrect
composing credits.

Recordings

Billy Williams recorded at least four versions of this song: 26 January 1912 for Zonophone, ca. March 1912 for Pathé, ca. April 1912 for Edison Amberol, and ca. April 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.)