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12 Jan 04 - 09:18 AM (#1091060) Subject: Lyr Add: GOOD-BYE-EE (R.P.Weston & Bert Lee) From: Nigel Parsons One verse already appears in the DT (with slight differences) (song#2360)however, "Francis & Day's Popular and Community Song Book" (undated but priced @ 7/6) gives 3 verses "GOOD-BYE-EE!" Written and Composed by R. P. Weston & Bert Lee 1. Brother Bertie went away To do his bit the other day With a smile on his lips And his lieutenant 'pips' Upon his shoulder, bright and gay. As the train moved out, he said, "Remember me to all the 'Birds!'." Then he wagged his paw, And went away to war, Shouting out these pathetic words: CHORUS: "Good-bye-ee! Good-bye-ee! Wipe the tear, baby dear, from your eye-ee. Though it's hard to part, I know, I'll be tickled to death to go. Don't cry-ee! Don't sigh-ee! There's a silver lining in the sky-ee. Bonsoir, old thing! Cheerio! Chin-chin! Nah-poo! toodle-oo! Good-bye-ee! 2. Marmaduke Horatio Flynn, Although he'd whiskers round his chin, In a play took a part, And he touched ev'ry heart As little Willie in "East Lynne." As the little dying child Upon his snow-white bed he lay, And amid their tears The people gave three cheers When he said as he passed away: CHORUS 3. At a concert down at Kew, Some convalescents dressed in blue Had to hear Lady Lee, Who had turned eighty-three, Sing all the old, old songs she knew. Then she made a speech and said, "I look upon you boys with pride, And for what you've done I'm going to kiss each one." Then they all grabbed their sticks and cried: CHORUS notes:from "Francis & Day's Popular and Community Song Book" (undated but priced @ 7/6) pub: Francis, Day & Hunter, Ltd., 138-140 Charing Cross Road,London NP |
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12 Jan 04 - 10:05 AM (#1091094) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Good-Bye-Ee From: Steve Parkes There's another verse, which I always forget ... and a quick Google sugests that nobody else can remember it either. I'll have to get my songbook out tonight, but it goes not unlike this: [...] When a Hun with a gun called him "pig-dog" for fun [...] Right across the barbe-wire fence The German flew, crying "dear, oh dear!" [...] Steve |
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12 Jan 04 - 12:05 PM (#1091191) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Good-Bye-Ee From: Amos I thought this was from "O, Wot a Lovely War!" Was I mistaken? A |
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13 Jan 04 - 12:27 PM (#1091908) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Good-Bye-Ee From: Steve Parkes I think it was in it, but the copyright is 1918! OWALW was made up from "bits left over" to a large extent. Here's that missing verse: 4. Little Private Patrick Shaw He was a prisoner of war Till a Hun with a gun Called him "pig-dog" for fun. Then Paddy punched him on the jaw. Right across the barb-wire fence The German dropped, then, dear, oh, dear! All the wire gave way, And Paddy yelled "Hooray!" As he ran for the Dutch frontier. CHORUS |
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15 Jan 04 - 05:34 PM (#1093621) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Good-Bye-Ee From: Nigel Parsons If this is still on the missing tunes list I have the stave notation in the book mentioned above. Ant ABCer want me to email JPEGs to them? Nigel |
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13 Apr 04 - 09:48 PM (#1161357) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Good-Bye-Ee From: Jim Dixon The Virtual Gramophone has a recording of GOOD-BYE-EE, sung by Alan Turner, recorded in 1918. |
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26 Jun 07 - 03:50 PM (#2087633) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Good-Bye-Ee From: Jim Dixon The National Library of Australia has the sheet music. It gives a publication date of 1917. |
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06 Nov 08 - 10:06 PM (#2487126) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Good-Bye-Ee (Weston & Lee) From: McGrath of Harlow Called in to this thread to check the words - and I see that the link that Jim Dixon gave for this doesn't seem to work any more. This one does. |
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07 Nov 08 - 03:43 PM (#2487886) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Good-Bye-Ee (Weston & Lee) From: Mr Happy A flaw singer stated this one off at our weakly sinaround, but forgot the worms halfway through - Mr H jumped in with 'bonsoir old thing, cheerio chin-chin, narpoo, toodle-oo, goodbye - ee!' They don't sing 'em like that any more!! |
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29 Jul 10 - 02:51 PM (#2954638) Subject: DT Correction: Good-Bye-Ee (Weston & Lee) From: Joe Offer As stated above, the DT version of this song is incomplete. Here's the entire song, compiled from messages above. GOOD-BYE-EE! (R. P. Weston & Bert Lee) 1. Brother Bertie went away To do his bit the other day With a smile on his lips And his lieutenant 'pips' Upon his shoulder, bright and gay. As the train moved out, he said, "Remember me to all the 'Birds!'." Then he wagged his paw, And went away to war, Shouting out these pathetic words: CHORUS Good-bye-ee! Good-bye-ee! Wipe the tear, baby dear, from your eye-ee. Though it's hard to part, I know, I'll be tickled to death to go. Don't cry-ee! Don't sigh-ee! There's a silver lining in the sky-ee. Bonsoir, old thing! Cheerio! Chin-chin! Nah-poo! toodle-oo! Good-bye-ee! 2. Marmaduke Horatio Flynn, Although he'd whiskers round his chin, In a play took a part, And he touched ev'ry heart As little Willie in "East Lynne." As the little dying child Upon his snow-white bed he lay, And amid their tears The people gave three cheers When he said as he passed away: CHORUS 3. At a concert down at Kew, Some convalescents dressed in blue Had to hear Lady Lee, Who had turned eighty-three, Sing all the old, old songs she knew. Then she made a speech and said, "I look upon you boys with pride, And for what you've done I'm going to kiss each one." Then they all grabbed their sticks and cried: CHORUS 4. Little Private Patrick Shaw He was a prisoner of war Till a Hun with a gun Called him "pig-dog" for fun. Then Paddy punched him on the jaw. Right across the barb-wire fence The German dropped, then, dear, oh, dear! All the wire gave way, And Paddy yelled "Hooray!" As he ran for the Dutch frontier. CHORUS Written and Composed by R. P. Weston & Bert Lee, 1918 notes: first three verses from "Francis & Day's Popular and Community Song Book" (undated but priced @ 7/6) fourth verse; source unknown pub: Francis, Day & Hunter, Ltd., 138-140 Charing Cross Road,London @English @Army @WWI filename[ GOODBY AG, NP, SP apr97 Any other corrections, additions? -Joe- |
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23 Jul 14 - 04:34 PM (#3644681) Subject: RE: DT Correction: Good-Bye-Ee (Weston & Lee) From: redhorse Courtland and Jeffries sing verses 1, 3 and 4 here from 1918, so 4th verse is contemporary. Maybe they left it out of the Community Song Book to avoid offense with "pig-dog" |