It is well known that the 32-bar chord progression used in Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey? is found in many other tunes. This progression uses 'The Sunshine Sequence' in the final eight bars.
The Bill Bailey Progression
I | I | I | I | I | I | V7 | V7 |
V7 | V7 | V7 | V7 | V7 | V7 | I | I |
I | I | I | I | I | I7 | IV | IV |
V7 | V7 | V7 | V7 | V7 | V7 | I | I |
I | I | I | I | I | I7 | IV | IV |
IV | IVm | I | VI7 | II7 | V7 | I:IV | I
I have been sent a list of tunes that are said to use the sequence.
I can't confirm that these tunes really are all based on the Bill Bailey Progression because there are tunes on this list that are unknown to me. However, I recognise most of them and know that they do indeed use the sequence.
I can't confirm that these tunes really are all based on the Bill Bailey Progression because there are tunes on this list that are unknown to me. However, I recognise most of them and know that they do indeed use the sequence.
339 Rag
Allez Vous En
Amapola
(for the first 24 bars)
Ancient
Bottle Strut
At
The Mardi Gras
Baby
Face
Beer
Barrel Polka ('Roll out the barrel' strain)
Black Maria (final strain)
Bourbon Street Parade
Bourbon Street Parade
Boys
From Harlem
Ciri
Ciri Bin
Clink,
Clink, Another Drink
Could
Be
Creole
Rag
Daybreak
Express
Don't
Give Up the Ship
Down
in New Orleans
Fireworks
(first strain)
First Choice
Golden
Leaf Strut
Good
Old Days at a New Orleans Soiree
Hey,
Engineer is This Train Going South?
Hiawatha
Rag (final strain)
Hindustan
(modified by flat 6th chord in bars 27 and 28)
Hotter
Than That
I
Love You and Don't You Forget It
I'll
Take That New Orleans Music
I've
Got My Eyes On You
Just
Because
Knee
Drops
Louisville
Special
March
of the Charcoal Greys
March
of the Hoodlums (third strain)
Market
Street Stomp
Meat on the Table (one theme)
Memphis Stomp
Memphis Stomp
Merci
Beaucoup
Mexicali
Rose
Milenberg
Joys (final strain)
Moonlight
and Roses
My
Little Girl
Oh
How I Miss You Tonight
Over
the Waves
Parade
of the Pieces
Parade
of the Wooden Soldiers
Polka
Dot Stomp (first strain, modified)
Pretty Audrey
Saint Bernard Waltz
Salute to Ohio State
Second Line
Saint Bernard Waltz
Salute to Ohio State
Second Line
Slide,
Frog, Slide (second strain)
Spanish
Eyes (almost all)
Stockyard
Strut
Teddy
Bears Picnic (one strain)
Tiger
Rag ('Hold That Tiger' strain)
Trudy
Under
the Double Eagle
Vine
Street Drag
Walk
Right Back
Washington
and Lee Swing (aka Louisiana Swing and aka The Swing and aka Tulane
Swing)
Won't
You Come Home, Bill Bailey?