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Thread #123196 Message #2709681
Posted By: greg stephens
27-Aug-09 - 06:01 AM
Thread Name: Is it just me or the prison song 'Rosie'
Subject: RE: Is it just me or the prison song 'Rosie'
Vaguely similar I suppose. Defintely from the same musical background...worksongs in general. The Beatles were well brought up lads, in skiffle groups. Everybody was listening to records like Murderers' Home then, or if not that than Lonnie Donegan's version of the songs. Thanks for posting Rosie. Reminds me just how powerful that stuff was when I first heard it as a kid. That's why I love folk music. They don't they teach the students to sing like that at the Department of Folkology, more's the pity.