Wait Till I’m As Old As Father

 

 

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

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Columbia A1761-AFavorite 565-BHMV-Victor 120701-A

 

Recordings

One of Billy Williams’s most popular numbers, he recorded it at least six times: 26 July 1912 for Zonophone, ca. August 1912 for Columbia, ca. August 1912 for Homophon, ca. September 1912 for Edison Blue Amberol, ca. September 1912 for Pathé, and ca. December 1912 for Favorite. 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).