A boyhood friend named Peter Wehrwein had a 45 of this song, I found it on 78. Thanks Pete!

They used to play this over PA system at our local speedway back in the fifties and sixties at the end of the night's racing, brings back great memories.

The Weavers adding a positive note to the theme of song.

I heard this in an antique shop the other day and ♥ it! 💕 💕 💕

Say hello to time ain’t none lovely as she Say hello to time if you’re there without me For life it is short and time it is long So remember mine with a - singing this song So long, it’s been good to know you weavers RIP

It's been so long to know this Song👑

So long, it’s been good to know you So long, it’s been good to know you So long, it’s been good to know you What a long time since I’ve been home and I’ve got to be drifting along I’ve sung this song, but I’ll sing it again Of the people I’ve met, and the places I’ve been Some of the troubles that bothered my mind And a lot of good people that I’ve left behind, singin’ Chorus The sweethearts they sat in the dark and they sparked They hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark They sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed But instead of marriage, they call it like this Chorus I went to your family, I asked them for you They all said take her, oh, take her please do She can’t cook or sew and she won’t scrub your floor So I put on my coat, tiptoed out the door, singin’ Chorus I walked down the street to the grocery store, It was crowded with people, both rich and both poor I asked the man how his butter was sold He said one pound of butter for two pounds of gold. I said Chorus My telephone rang, and it jumped off the wall That was the preacher a’ making a call He said we’re waitin’ to tie the knot You’re gettin’ married, believe it or not Well the church it was jammed, the church it was packed The pews were from crowded from the front to the back A thousand friends waited to kiss my new bride But I was so anxious, I rushed her outside, told ‘em Chorus

Great Song!! Great lyrics! Brings back huge memories. Still makes me laugh whenever i sing it today! I wish more people would learn how to say "So Long" in this rather short life. Sincereley with Love, julio c. henriques/artist since 1961

Yes! I've loved this particular song & specialy its lyrics for quite sometime! Lol! Yes sometimes you have to say "So Long Its Good To Know Ya" before someone has to asks you to leave ! Unfortunately, the person who I was trying to communicate this message wasn't able to completely understand my request & hung in there & continued to become a huge "pain in the ass!" during my life.LOL! ( I finaly got my divorce too! Lol) sincerely Love is the answer, julio c henriques/artist since 1961

There are two versions of this song, the 1955 one and the recent one sung live at Carnegie Hall . The one I am so familiar with is my favorite version. That being live at Carnegie Hall . So long, it’s been good to know yuh,😩💕😁🪕🥁

What a travesty of any sort of justice, we are all behind you Harry. Look forward to a pint in Colpitts post Corbyn victory.

Remembering my relatives past and present, Wednesday New Years Day, 2020

is so much fun 🐾🦜🐦🐦‍⬛⭐

Memories..

OMG! The Weavers were first known as The Almanac Singers. They were an impoverished folk group that sang and hung out in Greenwich Village in New York in he early 50s. They were sort of the first wave of the hippies. Gordon Jenkins, the A&R man at Decca Records, heard them sing at a club in the Village. In between all their discovery they changed their name to The Weavers. So now, Gordon Jenkins signed them to Decca. Their music was played constantly on the radio after their break. What's not widely known is that Burl Ives and Will Geer (Grandpa Walton) were occasional singers with The Weavers. And yes, Burl Ives had some hits at the same time The Weavers were hitmakers. When yer hot, yer hot. An quasi Hebrew "folk song" Tzena, Tzena" was originally in a minor key. When The Weavers recorded it, it was voila in a melodic key. As to their blacklisting, they were about as communist as Bob Dylan or PPM when they sang their hippy/folk songs. Hey folks, its just show biz!

Thank you, great song for my funeral.

Great song but unfortunate the record company made them change the lyrics

ah we sung this song at school when the year 6 left

This might just be the greatest song ever written....

In my mum's primary they'd sing this whenever someone left

This group was magic. The blend...the strong female vocal. What was a summer nite during that time without Goodnight Irene, Cruisin down the River, or So Long, it's Been Good to Know You?

takes me back to my school days when we used to sing this.

Such a funny song! I love it!!

Been so long since I heard this, many thanks. Cheers Dave

Really has been good to know Pete, a true inspiration.

I bought a 78rpm of this song by a male singer whose name I can't remember at a church jumble sale in about 1967. I was about 10. Any ideas anyone?

Great

I know where I'm going and I know whose going with me. I know who I love and my love knows who I"ll marry. I've had stockings of silk and shoes of bright green leather; combs to buckle my hair and a ring for every finger. Some say he's bad but I say he's bonnie. fairest of them all is my handsome winsome johnny.

Going to have this sung at my funeral

I sing this when I think of an old boss of mine!

She DID say "they huff and fart". SHE DID.! !,

at 0:57...did she say " they huff and fart." ??. PRICELESS.!! . The good old days.

Woody Guthrie?

Pont you really hurt me Never again Never agaib

I have to admit. Those communists wrote some good music. It was subversive but nonetheless, you have to give credit where its due.

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This version is so campy and what makes it worse, is that Kommie SOB Pete Singer was the lead..

What the fuck is this lmao