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Thread #151253   Message #3528681
Posted By: Leadfingers
21-Jun-13 - 10:50 AM
Thread Name: 'Traditional' songs that are NOT !
Subject: Folklore: 'Traditional' songs that are NOT !
A question for any 'old' (OR 'New') Folkies - Any songs you first heard introduced as traditional that turned out to be recently written ?

I recall hearing 'Dark as a Dungeon' introduced as "An English Miners song from the early eighteenth century" with NO mention of its actual American contemporary origins .

I know that Keith Marsden himself used to introduce 'Bring us a Barrel' as trad in his early days - Any other examples people can think of ?