Goodnight, Ladies

"Goodnight, Ladies" was written by Edwin Pearce Christy in 1847 and was originally called "Farewell, Ladies".

Nowadays, the chorus is often sung alone as "Merrily We Roll Along" to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb".

Goodnight, Ladies

Farewell Song

Goodnight, ladies!
Goodnight, ladies!
Goodnight, ladies!
We're going to leave you now.

(Chorus)
Merrily we roll along,
Roll along, roll along.
Merrily we roll along,
O'er the dark blue sea.

Farewell, Ladies!
Farewell, ladies!
Farewell, ladies!
We're going to leave you now.

(Chorus)

Sweet dreams, ladies!
Sweet dreams, ladies!
Sweet dreams, ladies!
We're going to leave you now.

(Chorus)

Goodnight, Ladies

Farewell Song

Notes

One old score calls this an Alpine Melody

Download MIDI Tune

In this video Lew Dite explains how his family would have sing-a-longs when he was younger. When they played "Goodnight, Ladies" he knew the night was over and everyone would go home.

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Sheet Music

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Thanks and Acknowledgements

This song can be found in the book "The American College Song Book" (1882).

Thanks to Monique for creating the midi tune!

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