'Bill Bailey?' 'Fellow I know.' 'There was a song called "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?" I used to sing it as a boy.' Wodehouse, P. G. Service with a Smile. Chapter 6.II
'Yes, Bailey,' said Lord Emsworth. 'The Reverend Cuthbert Bailey. I was telling Ickenham just now that there was a song years ago call "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?" I used to sing it as a boy. [...]' [...] 'About that song', said Lord Emsworth. 'Very catchy tune it had. The verse escapes me - in fact, I don't believe I ever sang it - but the chorus began "Won't you come home, Bill Bailey, won't you come home?" Now, how did the next line go? Something about "the whole day long", and you have to make the "long" two syllabes. "Lo-ong", if you follow me.' Wodehouse, P. G. Service with a Smile. Chapter 6.III
'Who is this fellow?' 'Bill Bailey.' Lord Ickenham seemed surprised. 'He's back, is he?' 'Eh?' 'I was given to understand that he had left home. I seem to remember his wife being rather concerned about it.' Wodehouse, P. G. Service with a Smile. Chapter 2
History is full of tragedies caused by the lethal sex. Who lost Mark Antony the world? A woman. Who let Samson in so atrociously? Woman again. Why did Bill Bailey leave home? Once more, because of a woman. Wodehouse, P. G. Love Among the Chickens. 15 The Arrival of Nemesis
'Bill Bailey?'
'Fellow I know.'
'There was a song called "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?" I used to sing it as a boy.'
Wodehouse, P. G. Service with a Smile. Chapter 6.II
'Yes, Bailey,' said Lord Emsworth. 'The Reverend Cuthbert Bailey. I was telling Ickenham just now that there was a song years ago call "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?" I used to sing it as a boy. [...]'
[...]
'About that song', said Lord Emsworth. 'Very catchy tune it had. The verse escapes me - in fact, I don't believe I ever sang it - but the chorus began "Won't you come home, Bill Bailey, won't you come home?" Now, how did the next line go? Something about "the whole day long", and you have to make the "long" two syllabes. "Lo-ong", if you follow me.'
Wodehouse, P. G. Service with a Smile. Chapter 6.III
'Who is this fellow?'
'Bill Bailey.'
Lord Ickenham seemed surprised.
'He's back, is he?'
'Eh?'
'I was given to understand that he had left home. I seem to remember his wife being rather concerned about it.'
Wodehouse, P. G. Service with a Smile. Chapter 2
History is full of tragedies caused by the lethal sex. Who lost Mark Antony the world? A woman. Who let Samson in so atrociously? Woman again. Why did Bill Bailey leave home? Once more, because of a woman.
Wodehouse, P. G. Love Among the Chickens. 15 The Arrival of Nemesis