Goodnight, Ladies
Song attributed to Edwin Pearce Christy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
The "Merrily We Roll Along" chorus has the same melody as "Mary Had A Little Lamb".
Charles Ives quoted the song in A Symphony: New England Holidays (1897-1913): I. Washington's Birthday, toward 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).