Skiffle was a form of music popular in the 50s in the UK. One of it's main exponents was Lonnie Donegan who took American songs like Warbash Cannonball, Grand Coolie Dam, amd Tom Dooley and made hit records with them in England. What he did as well was to let the young people know that music didn't have to be played on expensive instruments. All you needed was a guitar or banjo to carry the tune and the rest could be done with washboards and tea chest bass. Skiffle groups sprung up in every village and town and got a lot of kids playing music most of them went on to the folk music scene in the 60s.