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Thread #155631 Message #3664127
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
27-Sep-14 - 04:06 PM
Thread Name: fifties popsongs that started as folk
Subject: RE: fifties popsongs that started as folk
And in the sixties; Theme from Z Cars/Johnny Todd.
From Wikipedia; Based on the traditional folk song "Johnny Todd", which was in a collection of traditional tunes by Frank Kidson dated 1891 called Traditional Tunes: A Collection of Ballad Airs.