Goodnight, Ladies
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"Goodnight, Ladies" is a folk song attributed to Edwin Pearce Christy, originally intended to be sung during a minstrel show. Drawing from an 1847 song by Christy entitled "Farewell, Ladies", the song as known today was first published on May 16, 1867.[1]
Lyrics
VERSE I: Goodnight, ladies! Goodnight, ladies! Goodnight, ladies! We're going to leave you now.
CHORUS: Merrily we roll along, roll along, roll along. Merrily we roll along, o'er the dark blue sea.
VERSE II: Farewell, Ladies! Farewell, ladies! Farewell, ladies! We're going to leave you now.
CHORUS
VERSE III: Sweet dreams, ladies! Sweet dreams, ladies! Sweet dreams, ladies! We're going to leave you now.
CHORUS
Note: the "Merrily We Roll Along" chorus has the same melody as "Mary Had A Little Lamb".
Notable uses
Charles Ives quoted the song in A Symphony: New England Holidays (1897–1913): I. Washington's Birthday, towards the end of the movement.
Meredith Willson features the piece as the tenth number in The Music Man (1957).
Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs (1961).
See also
- "I've Been Working on the Railroad"
- "Merrily We Roll Along"
- "Nice One Cyril"
References
- ^ Fuld, James (2000). The Book of World-Famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk. Courier Dover Publications. p. 255. ISBN 9780486414751.
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- The Music Man (1962)
- The Music Man (TV, 2003)
- "Iowa Stubborn"
- "(Ya Got) Trouble"
- "Seventy-Six Trombones"
- "Goodnight, Ladies"
- "Shipoopi"
- "Till There Was You"
- Jimmy Guiffre and his Music Men Play The Music Man
- "Marge vs. the Monorail"
- "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean"
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