Here's a link to the recording at YouTube which Colin Taylor found. Here's my transcription; note there are a few known unknowns:


GOODNIGHT, EVERYONE
As sung by Henry Hall.

INTRO: "Goodnight, Sweetheart," everybody sings.
You'll hear it any place you go.
We think that it is wrong, and so we've made a song
That says goodnight to everyone we know.
Goodnight, everyone. You've earned your daily bread.
Don't be late in the morning. Goodnight and so to bed.

1. Goodnight to all the sailors who sail upon the foam.
If you've a wife in every port, where is your home sweet home?
Goodnight to all the soldiers. We hope you're feeling bright
And sergeant major's been around and kissed you all goodnight.

CHORUS: Goodnight, everyone. You've earned your daily bread.
* Goodnight and so to bed.

2. Goodnight to all policemen as down the street they creep.
We hope you find a cozy spot in which to have a sleep.
Goodnight to all the burglars a-cracking all the cribs.
You've been the only fellows who are finding all the dibs.** CHORUS

3. Goodnight to all the postmen who call at our address
With welcome little letters that are marked O.H.M.S.***
Goodnight to all the firemen. We hope you're safe and well,
Although you go to blazes every time you ring your bell. CHORUS

4. Goodnight to all the highbrows. We think it is the lark
To play what we are playing with your wanting …
Goodnight to all our authors who write …
And though we don't know which is best(?), we know one to be sure. CHORUS

5. Goodnight to taxi drivers who drive us day and night,
And never lose their tempers but are always most polite.
Goodnight to everybody we haven't named before.
Just make a rhyme up for yourself. We don't know any more. CHORUS


[* At this point in every chorus, there is a horn phrase that duplicates the tune and rhythm of "Don't be late in the morning" (which sounds rather like "For he's a jolly good fellow").

[** I have no idea what they're talking about here; I just wrote down what I thought I heard.

[*** O.H.M.S. (On Her Majesty's Service or when the monarch is male, On His Majesty's Service) is an official franking commonly seen on correspondence from government departments in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations recognizing the British queen as head of state.]