Artist: Vernon Dalhart
Author: trad./Rob Hughes/Henry Dawes
Label: Victor
Year: 1925
Variations on this tune: see Charles Giteau and The Lakes Of Pontchartrain.
Covers:
Lonnie Donegan [n°1 UK; also the title of his biography]
Quarrymen [1:29 version recorded July 6th - "the day John met Paul" - bootleg tape; quarrymen are mentioned in the lyrics]
Lighttown Skiffle Group [as Doe 't Maar In Een Emmertje]
Singalong favorite for the Pete Seeger generation.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)