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Bill Bailey won't you please come home
Last updated: 11.10.23
I've known "Bill Bailey won't you please come home" from childhood and have heard it performed by many jazz groups in England and Germany. Not so long ago (1998) I had the chance of singing this number with a local jazz group, friends of Peter Krüger, but my performance wasn't very successful, sadly. I just couldn't get on with the microphones and amplifiers. Jazz singing is quite different from singing folk music.
The lyrics are rather rare in that the narrator, a lady, admits that she has done wrong, and is even prepared to do the cooking and pay the rent to keep her Bill. Al Bundy would love it!. The version I sing can be found in 101 Pub Favourites for Buskers.
  Issue Instruments Performer
       
  Midi File(s)   Sequencer(s)
audiomidi15.gif Midi Unknown
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
cd15.gif Chris Barber The Absolutely Essential 3CD Collection flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Chris Barber The Very Best of Chris Barber flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Ella Fitzgerald Something To Live For CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists All The Best From A London Pub flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Fifty Classic Pub Songs CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif The Weavers At Carnegie Hall, Vol 2 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
     Title Performer Composer
       
youtube15.jpg Bill Bailey won't you please come home (3:49) Monty Sunshine H. Cannon
youtube15.jpg Bill Bailey Wont You Please Come Home (3:23) E. Fitzgerald H. Cannon