Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)

DESCRIPTION: "Well, way down yonder in Louisville, Lived a cat named Big Bad Bill... Had the whole town scared to death When he walked by they all held their breath" -- but he got married, and it tamed him; "Big Bad Bill is Sweet William now" -- even doing housework
AUTHOR: Words: Jack Yellen / Music: Milton Ager (source: Wikipedia)
EARLIEST DATE: 1924 (recordings, Ernest Hare, Billy Murray, and others)
KEYWORDS: marriage | bully housework
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RECORDINGS:
Guy Wolff, "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)" (Piotr-Archive #428, recorded 01/08/2023)
File: DPio428

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