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Thread #97435 Message #3714158
Posted By: MGM·Lion
03-Jun-15 - 05:12 AM
Thread Name: Folk Songs That Hit the Charts as Pop Songs
Subject: RE: Folk Songs That Hit the Charts as Pop Songs
27 Jul 12 - 02:30 PM
Phil Harris with "The Thing." Late 1950 it hit No. 1 on the charts.
The tune is a dead ringer for "The Lincolnshire Poacher."
Don Firth
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Slowburn reply
Indeed; and the 'boom boom boom' chorus derives from "The Farm Servant" -- see my youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/mgmyer