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Billy Weeks Origin: When Father Painted the Parlour (18) RE: when father painted the parlour 21 Sep 09

Sorry to spoil the consensus, but it wasn't a Harry Champion song, though I can see how the confusion might arise. Billy Williams was the singer and he made it hugely popular, recording it God knows how many times in the first decade of the twentieth century (look at music hall reissue sites - eg Tony Barker's - to find several versions on CD). And, yes, he was papering the parlour, not painting it.

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