Good-bye-ee!

This article is about the First World War song. For the Blackadder episode, see Goodbyeee.

"Good-bye-ee!" is a popular song written and composed by R. P. Weston and Bert Lee.[1] Performed by music hall stars Florrie Forde, Daisy Wood, and Charles Whittle, it was a hit in 1917.[1]

Weston and Lee got the idea for the song when they saw a group of factory girls calling out goodbye to soldiers marching to Victoria station.[1] They were saying the word in the exaggerated way which had been popularised as a catchphrase by comedian Harry Tate.[1] They then travelled to Brighton and wrote the song on a wet afternoon in their cabin under the pier.[2]

The song lent its name to "Goodbyeee", the final episode of the sitcom Blackadder Goes Forth.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d Richard Anthony Baker (2014), British Music Hall: An Illustrated History, Pen and Sword, p. 146, ISBN 9781473837188
  2. ^ "Smart Serenaders", Theatrephile (5–8), D.F. Cheshire and S. McCarthy: 56, 1984
  3. ^ Roberts, J.F. (9 October 2012). "The True History of the Black Adder by J F Roberts: extract". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2017.