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Thread #9953   Message #4061130
Posted By: GUEST,Mike Yates
24-Jun-20 - 04:46 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rock All Our Babies to Sleep (J Rodgers)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rock All Our Babies to Sleep (J Rodgers)
You can hear Jimmy Rodgers' version on a new 3CD set 'Wait Till the Clouds Roll By' (Musical Traditions MTCD518-0) followed by a version of the song sung by Doris Davies from Gloucestershire. The CDs contain American recordings, mainly from the 1920's '30's, together with British field recordings of singers singing their versions of these American songs. One or two of the American recordings are pre 1920. It may come as a surprise to realise just how many American songs were picked up by British singers.