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Good-bye-ee! "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] ChorusGood-bye-ee! good-bye-ee![4] The salutations at the end of the chorus are from various languages.[5] Bonsoir is French for goodnight.[5] Chin chin is a Chinese toast.[5] "Nahpoo" and "toodle-oo" are English idioms from corruptions of the French il n'y en a plus (there is no more) and à tout à l'heure (see you later).[5] References
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