The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #8428   Message #1161827
Posted By: GUEST,Lindswidder
14-Apr-04 - 06:56 PM
Thread Name: I wish I'd written that (songs)
Subject: RE: I wish I'd written that.
and "THE MYSTERY OF OWLD TOM'S GRAVE" by Allan Smethurst (The Singing Postman). During the 1980s in North Oxfordshire I had a bit of a reputation for singing his lesser-known songs and bringing them to the attention of a quite appreciative audience - and even though I first heard this song in 1968 and regularly sang it between 1982 and 1993 I still cannot even think about it without getting the lump in the throat............