When I was a member of the now defunct AUNT FORTESCUE's BLUESROCKERS (with my good friends Graham Larkbey, John Simms and Simon Brown) in the 1980s, we took a different direction. At every gig, we performed "The Wild Rover" with usual words, but to a different tune. I have forgotten many of the versions, but I do remember "I only want to be with you" (Dusty Springfield) and "Runaround Sue" (Dion). This had begun quite independently from (and coincidentally to) "One song to the tune of another" on "I'm sorry I haven't a clue" radio programme. There was talk once of recording a whole album of all the different versions - that might have been going a bit too far, so maybe lucky it never happened. Incidentally, for those who never heard AFB, we sounded nothing like the name of the band, and played mainly folk clubs (especially Christmas parties).
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