Mother always credited the unusual tune you're discussing to a Scottish (? British?) collector whose last name I don't remember right now. His first 2 initials are A. C.
For the Paton's I can be reached at: ctfryland@hotmail.com. I'm kinda loooowwww tech, so you'll just have to type it out somewhere. But we recently actually acquired a new computer (CPU, monitor, keyboard, printer, and 6 mos. free aol internet) so we're able to connect to modern society if they want us. I just found this site. Wish I could have known sooner.
johnross:   "Goin' Down To Town" came out before 1958, but not much -- '56 or '57. That group of people worked for quite a while on lots of stuff. The rec. co. decided to add instrument tracks and would not take advice on what would be appropriate. The group appeared -- in '57 or '58? -- on the Today show. Some advertiser liked them and had them do a jingle which paid them for a bit. The other members of the group were marvelous, interesting, multi-talented folks. Milt Okun produced for John Denver for a while. "Lee Charles" is/was(?) a singer/actor who also appeared in a musical version of Tom Sawyer (theater on Second Avenue) called "Livin' The Life". And other stuff. I wish I knew where these folks are now. My gratitude for their graciousness knows no bounds.
There is another album, self-published in the late 1970s, to which Sandy P. refers, titled "Songs To Live By". Only regular vinyl LPs made. I still have some. Wish I could put 'em out in another format.
Okay, it is wonderful to get into a group who loves my mother, but who ARE all you folks? When I sign this I will try to use the instruction at the bottom to make "links", but read the email address in the note to the Patons above. I'm getting weepy. Gotta go. Cynthia (Cindy) Tannehill (Tanne) Faulk Ryland.