Name:
Cannon, Hughie

Songs written or composed

Bill Bailey — ביל בײלי

Author:
Cannon, Hughie
Composer:
Cannon, Hughie

Recordings

On album:
R-087(a) (Rags To Richard / Played by Richard Rubin)
Track ID:
36624
Piano:
Rubin, Richard
Language:
English
Style:
Instrumental / Piano/ Rag
Length:
2:24
On album:
M-033(a) (Naomi's Chevereh Yiddish Is In My Genes)
Track ID:
2408
Vocal:
Miller, Naomi
Piano:
Beer, Rose
Vocal:
Naomi's Khevera
Artist:
Miller, Harvey
Drums:
Beer, Meir
First line:
Kum shoyn aheym, Bill Bailey, kum shoyn aheym, ikh veyn a..
First line (Yiddish):
קום שױן אַהײם, ביל בײלי, קום שױן אַהײם, איך װײן אַ גאַנצע נאַכט .
Track comment:
Oyfn Pripetshik, Yome, Yome, medley of fragments
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-015(a)
Track ID:
2409
Vocal / Yiddish Adaption:
Schwartz, Teddi — שװאַרץ, טעדי
First line:
Won't you come home, Bill Bailey, won't you come home,
First line:
קום שױן אַהײם, גדליה, קום שױן אַהײם, זי בעט אים און אַ שיר,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Text and Transliteration with album notes
Language:
Yiddish/English

Won't You Come Home, Disraeli

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Author:
Busch, Lou
Composer:
Cannon, Hughie
Genre:
Parody/Humor
Subject:
Benjamin Disraeli/Queen Victoria/Filandering
Additional song notes:
Sung to "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey."

Recording

On album:
S-101(a) (My Son, The Celebrity Allan Sherman)
Track ID:
31297
Vocal:
Sherman, Allan
First line:
When Benjamin Disraeli was prime minister of England, and good…
Language:
English
Style:
Theatre

Vos Geyst Nisht Aheym Sore-Gitl? — וווּס גייסט נישט היים שׂורה־גיטל?

Author:
Nager, Arn,
Composer:
Cannon, Hughie
Genre:
Parody/Popular/Theater
Subject:
Wife/Philander/Affrey/Violence
Transliteration:
Alb k-176(a)
Translation:
Alb k-176(a)
Additional song notes:
Why Don't You Come Home Sore-Gitl

Recording

On album:
K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
Track ID:
42866
Vocal:
Lachs, Vivi
Violin:
Curzon, FlorA
Vocal/Saxaphones:
Moore, Sarha
Vocal/Piano:
Wedell, Rebekka
Arrangers:
Katshanes
First line:
In a sheyner zumer nakht gey ikh mir fartrakht, tref ikh mayn vaybl vi a taybl volkndik bay nakht in rizdhent strit…
First line (Yiddish):
אין אַ שיינער זומער נאַכט גיי איך מיר פֿאַרטראַכט, טרעף איך מײַן ווײַל ווי אַ טײַוול וואָלקנדיק אין ריגזשענט סטרעט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Parody/Pop
Length:
3:22