It's humorous reading this thread. The difference between what is over-sung in America and England couldn't be more extreme. 90% of the songs Brits are sick to death of, I've never even heard, and I imagine it works the other way. Maybe what we need is a cultural exchange... Amuricans only sing Brit songs, which would sound fresh and new, and we'll give you Wabash Cannonball, Crawdad Hole, Tom Dooley, Michael Row The Boat Ashore and 500 Miles. What a deal!

Of course, you'd have to tell us who these people are you've sung yourself to death about.. :-)

Back in the 60's, I avoided singing songs that I thought were sung to death, only to realize later that nobody was singing them... like The Cuckoo, Little Sadie and (yes) Man Of Constant Sorrow, as recorded by Emry Arthur (who still does the definitive version to my ears.) Maybe if we just sang songs we were sick of, people would be amazed at the strange, new repertoire we had suddenly learned..

Jerry