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Thread #97435 Message #1917276
Posted By: Bert
23-Dec-06 - 02:00 AM
Thread Name: Folk Songs That Hit the Charts as Pop Songs
Subject: RE: Folk Songs That Hit the Charts as Pop Songs
From the Forties there was "There is a Tavern in the Town" and "The Old Sow Song"
In the early Fifties there was a remake of "The Crawdad Song" with modernised verses such as
"I'm engaged to marry Sue
Honey
I'm engaged to Marry Sue
Oh Babe
I'm afraid to get undressed
Mary's tattooed on my chest
Honey, Oh Baby, Mine.