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AKA<\/strong><\/td>Good Company<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1922<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>RP Weston and Bert Lee<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN13680<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Ernie Mayne<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Spicer, George ; England : Sussex : 1972
Palmer, Freda ; England : Oxfordshire : 1978<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I do like to be in good company<\/strong>
Words and music by RP Weston and Bert Lee (1922)

I am a sport always was a sport
You can bet your life that I\u2019m a real good sport!
Once on a train I met a racing clique
I said, when they showed to me the three card trick:

I do like to be in good company! 
Good company for me! 
Dear old pals, jolly old pals,
All in harmony!
When they\u2019d done me down for my last half a crown
Thro the window they pushed me
In a cattle truck I fell, full of pigs, I said \u201cWell
I\u2019m in good company!<\/em>

Not long ago, things were rather slow,
So I paid up a bob to see the waxwork show
I fell asleep, woke up from my nap
Shouting when I found myself in Queen Anne\u2019s lap, 

I do like to be in good company! 
Good company for me! 
Dear old pals, jolly old pals,
All in harmony!
Then sweet Joan of Arc, as we sat down in the dark
Whispered, \u201cOo la la oui oui!\u201d
I  shouted with delight \u201cOh I shan\u2019t be home tonight
I\u2019m in good company!<\/em>\"

Last Friday night feeling gay and bright
I went up to bye bye in the pale moonlight
Crawled into bed, murmured \u201cI do declare
This it\u2019s not my flat at all, but I don\u2019t care

I do like to be in good company! 
Good company for me! 
Dear old pals, jolly old pals,
All in harmony!
Excuse me old fruits, going to bed in my boots
Who says it won\u2019t hold three?
On my right there\u2019s Uncle Bill, on my left is Auntie Lil
I\u2019m in good company!<\/em>

Dear Parson Brown, near the Rose and Crown
Said one night to me when I was upside down
\u201cYou\u2019ll never be where the Angel\u2019s dwell
You\u2019ll go down below my lad\u201d and I said, \u201cWell

I do like to be in good company! 
Good company for me! 
Dear old pals, jolly old pals,
All in harmony!
I\u2019ll sit on the hob with the rest of the mob.
Browned on both sides I\u2019ll be.
And I\u2019ll say while  being fried, Lloyd George is by my side
I\u2019m in good company!
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Another song by the prolific \u00a0Weston and Lee<\/a>,\u00a0 – sung originally by Ernie Mayne<\/a>, but here’s a recording by traditional singer Freda Palmer in the mid 1970s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Freda Palmer sings “Good  Company” from Steve Roud Field Collection , VWML<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n