Talk:Goodnight, Ladies

Mary Had A Little Lamb
The "Allegro" section of the song uses the melody of Mary Had A Little Lamb; this fact should be acknowledged, and, preferably, explained. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.26.237.104 (talk) 03:41, 14 February 2011 (UTC)


 * It's the other way around: The "Allegro" section of the song was afterwards used for "Mary Had A Little Lamb."  Kostaki mou (talk) 02:40, 11 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Okay, and thanks; but the fact still needs explanation in the article. Can someone who knows the tunes' history better than I do, please clarify this? Also, there's a "See also" link from "Goodnight Ladies" to "Mary Had a Little Lamb," but there's currently no mention of any relationship in the text of either article. Egmonster (talk) 02:56, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Score
The accidental in measure five doesn't make much sense (it's b-flat anyway), should probably read a-flat. --Mewthic (talk) 07:49, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

This comment is correct. I don't think this arrangement is authoritative, and seems dubious — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.55.243.133 (talk) 23:58, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Is the commentary at the top of the score from I Hear America Singing (1917) or from the students who digitally liberated the score (2008)? Is it in B♭ in I Hear America Singing, or in G, as in many sources (such as the only source cited outside of an image in the article, Fuld (2000) ISBN 9780486414751)? Hyacinth (talk) 05:07, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Collegiate origins?
While it does not in any way disprove the authorship by Edwin Pearce Christy, this song oddly appears in a separate 1867 book called Carmina Yalensia: A Complete and Accurate Collection of Yale College Songs with Piano Accompaniment, compiled by Ferdinand V. D. Garretson. And the very next year it gets attributed to the Yale Yachting Club. Shorelander (talk) 01:03, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Good-Night Ladies by Harry Williams and Egbert Van Alstyne
https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/3ac84866-0842-4de7-8b1a-ec586e471edc/content

Above is a link to what I believe is the 1910,1911 (According to the scribble on the sheet music I viewed at the Minneapolis Central Library) revision of this famous song.

I have seen barely any information regarding this rendition.

It seems this may have been a remake/revision of the song that did not become as popular as the chorus. It does feature the famous chorus but the lyrics are entirely different. I think this version should at least get a note that Williams and Alstyne wrote their own version. There are many revisions,but this seems to be one of the earlier ones that was published as a product.

If anyone knows of a tin pan alley recording of the willians and alstyne song please let me know. I've been researching public domain music and I was quite disappointed to not find a recording of this. 2601:449:4100:14D0:506B:3133:75B3:26C6 (talk) 00:26, 11 January 2024 (UTC)