Jolly Good Company

AKA Here we are again, Jolly Good Company
Here we are again
Jolly good company : (la-di-da-di-da -la-di-da-de-de-dee)
We’re all good pals together
First Published 1931
Writer/composer Ella Shields, Lesl Roud RN21927

Music Hall Performers Randolph Sutton, Billy Cotton, Jack Hylton, Leslie Sarony
Folk performances Collected from the singing of:
Richardson, Wicketts ; England : Suffolk ; c1964		 

Hello, ain't you looking well
Hello, ain't you looking swell
'pon my soul I'm mighty glad to see you
Happier than I can tell.

Here we are again, happy as can be
All good pals and jolly good company
Strolling round the town, out upon the spree
All good pals and jolly good company

Never mind the weather, never mind the rain
Now that we're together, whoops she goes again
La-di-da-di-da, la-di-da-di-dee
All good pals and jolly good company

Hello, Mr. Whatsismame
Hello, looking just the same
Bless you heart you don't get any thinner
Sorry I forgot your name

Here we are again, happy as can be
All good pals and jolly good company
Strolling round the town, out upon the spree
All good pals and jolly good company

Any extra tax on drink will make me frown
No matter how high up it goes, I can put it down
La-di-da-di-da, la-di-da-di-dee
All good pals and gimme a drop in me tea.

Here we are again, on the boat with glee
All good pals and jolly good company
Happy as can be with the rolling sea
All good pals and jolly good company

Never mind the ocean when it starts to rain
When you feel the motion, whoop she goes again
La-di-da-di-da, la-di-da-di-dee
All good pals and jolly good company

Not a Music Hall song as such, just a hit song of the 1930s recorded by amongst others, Randolph Sutton, Billy Cotton, Jack Hylton and Leslie Sarony.

Sometimes referred to as Here We are Again, the song is included here to distinguish it from the following songs with similar titles:

Leslie Sarony recorded in 1931:

Alma Cogan recorded the song in 1967:

Sources:

  • Kilgarrif Sing Us