Aye but even if a song was not known beyond the regions from which it came, it may well have still been "popular" within those regions, but that's something we'll never know (Barbara Allen is not a song I have ever liked). As far as the U.S.A is concerned which ia not an area of expertise for me, so things maybe different, I have no idea. Sloop John B. I'm not familiar with, other than The Beach Boys reading of the song.

Charlotte R