Goodnight, Ladies

Song attributed to Edwin Pearce Christy

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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

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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

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The song being performed at the end of the 1929 cartoon Finding His Voice

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).

Lou Reed included a version of the song at the end of side two of his album Transformer Transformer (Lou Reed album) (1972).

## See also

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* "I've Been Working on the Railroad"
* "Merrily We Roll Along"
* "Nice One Cyril"

## References

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1. ^ Fuld, James (2000). The Book of World-Famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk. Courier Dover Publications. p. 255\. ISBN 9780486414751.

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Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey's The Music Man (1957)

Films|

* The Music Man (1962)
* The Music Man (TV, 2003)

Songs|

* "Iowa Stubborn"
* "(Ya Got) Trouble"
* "Seventy-Six Trombones"
* "Goodnight, Ladies"
* "Shipoopi"
* "Till There Was You"

Related|

* The Music Man (1957 Broadway cast recording)
* Jimmy Guiffre and his Music Men Play The Music Man
* "Marge vs. the Monorail"
* "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean"

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Meredith Willson

Musicals|

* The Music Man (1957)
* The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1960)
* Here's Love (1963)
* 1491 (1969)

Compositions|

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* "Iowa Stubborn"
* "(Ya Got) Trouble"
* "Seventy-Six Trombones"
* "Goodnight, Ladies"
* "Shipoopi"
* "Till There Was You"

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Other|

* "May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You"
* "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
* "I See the Moon"
* "Iowa Fight Song"
* "Chicken Fat"

Related|

* The Music Man (original Broadway cast recording)
* The Big Show

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