"On the night of November 20th 1926, ten thousand people assembled in the Albert Hall to launch the "Daily Express" Community Singing Movement....Three months saw Great Britain turned into a land of song.." from the Daily Express Community Song Book 1927. Which contains Shanties, Spirituals, Nursery Rhymes, Catches, Hymns, and quite a few Folk Songs, albeit ones that we don't sing any more (perhaps because we got fed up with having to sing them at school); as does "Songs that will Live Forever" published by Odhams, early 1930s. They were all at it then!