Cover of ROCK ISLAND LINE in 1955 - the very same recording on Decca single under his own name, while he copied Lead Belly's spoken intro word for word (see also: Bring A Little Water Silvy); started the skiffle craze; transatlantic millionseller in '56, the year Donegan recut it for his new label Pye
Cover of BRING A LITTLE WATER, SILVY in 1956 - claiming authorship just as he did with Rock Island Line; adopting Lead Belly's spoken introduction and all; role model for Yvan Heylen's De Werkmens ('73)