Billy : (I always dream of Bill) / words by Joe Goodwin music by Kendis & Paley

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Kendis, James, 1883-1946. “Billy : (I always dream of Bill) / words by Joe Goodwin music by Kendis & Paley.” Digital Gallery. BGSU University Libraries, 23 May 2022, digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/31408. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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TitleBilly : (I always dream of Bill) / words by Joe Goodwin music by Kendis & Paley
SubjectLove songs
Names, Personal -- Songs and music
DescriptionFor voice and piano
Caption title
Cover design by Edgar Keller
"Dedicated to our friend Billy 'Single' Clifford"--P. 2
CreatorKendis, James, 1883-1946
SourceSheet Music Collection; Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University
PublisherN[ew] Y[ork] City : Kendis & Paley
Date1911
ContributorKeller, Edgar, 1868-1932. Illustrator.
Goodwin, Joe, 1889-1943
Paley, Herman, 1879-
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No Copyright - In the United States

FormatSheet music
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IdentifierSMC 00862
https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/31408
Alternative TitleI always dream of Bill
First line of text: Behold in me a maiden who is feeling sad
First line of chorus: For when I walk I always walk with Billy cause Billy knows just where to walk
Referenceshttp://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=b2301515~S9
VERSE 01: Behold in me a maiden who is feeling sad,/Yearning for a wedding day,/It’s just because I love a man I feel so bad,/Now that he has gone away,/Though I have his picture near,/It can’t love and call me dear,/So I confess I’m hungry for some real live love,/How I wish that Bill were here.
CHORUS: For when I walk I always walk with Billy/Cause Billy knows just where to walk,/And when I talk, I always talk with Billy,/Cause Billy knows just how to talk,/And when I dine I always dine with Billy,/He takes me where I get my fill,/And when I sleep and when I sleep,/I always dream of Bill.
VERSE 02: It seems somehow each man I meet makes eyes at me,/But it only makes me blue,/And though each day a lot of handsome chaps I see,/To my sweetheart I’ll be true,/I have kissed his picture till,/It no longer looks like Bill,/If he knew what was waiting for him he’d come home,/Then my heart with joy he’d fill.
Original Format1 score (5 pages) 35 cm