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"Goodnight, Ladies" is a folk song attributed to Edwin Pearce Christy, originally intended to be sung during a minstrel show. Drawing from an 1847 song by Christy entitled "Farewell, Ladies", the song as known today was first published on May 16, 1867.
The old folk song "Goodnight, Ladies" contains the line "Merrily we roll along", which is often used as a child's nursery rhyme. The tune from the first line of the Tobias-Mencher-Cantor song matches that line from "Goodnight, Ladies", but the tunes diverge from there.
This article states that the song "Good Night Ladies", a traditional American folk song, was this inspiration for "Merrily We Roll Along". This claim is supported by the lyrics of the first verse of "Good Night Ladies" (public domain): "Good night, ladies! Good night, ladies! Good night, ladies! We're sad to see you go.
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Okay, and thanks; but the fact still needs explanation in the article. Can someone who knows the tunes' history better than I do, please clarify this? Also, there's a "See also" link from "Goodnight Ladies" to "Mary Had a Little Lamb," but there's currently no mention of any relationship in the text of either article.
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Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (Italian: Signore e signori, buonanotte, French: Mesdames et messieurs bonsoir) is a 1976 French-Italian satirical comedy anthology film.It comprises twelve episodes on themes of corruption in various Italian institutions, each by a different writer and director collectively credited as "Cooperativa 15 Maggio".
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