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Thread #9049 Message #2599804
Posted By: curmudgeon
29-Mar-09 - 11:25 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Nodding Song (Burns)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Nodding Song (Burns)
Subject: RE: Origins: The Dodger Song
From: curmudgeon - PM
Date: 29 Mar 09 - 09:49 AM
The two tunes are so similar that it's most likely the Dodger derived from Noddin' in a slightly different form.
The Dodger is on the Weavers Carnegie Hall Reunion LP. I first heard Noddin' on Riverside LP of Burns Songs by Betty Sanders, a singer I had not heard of before or since - Tom