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Fred
Godfrey & Billy Williams — London: Francis, Day & Hunter; Melbourne: Allan & Co., 1912.
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Recordings
One of Billy Williams’s most popular numbers, he recorded at least
six versions of it: 26 July 1912 for Zonophone, ca. August 1912 for
Columbia, ca. August 1912 for Edison Amberol, ca. August 1912 for Homophon,
ca. September 1912 for Pathé, and ca. December 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.)1
Jack Charman as “Ted Yorke” (The Winner 2323, 1913; reissued
on Starr-Gennett 4562 [Canada], 1919)
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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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