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1939:"20 Great Folk Albums to Broaden Your Indie-Rock Collection"
1990:"ESCHEWING AUTHENTICITY: A CONVERSATION WITH WILLIE WATSON"
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The smith that on his anvill the iron hard doth ding:
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1685:"1st Ballad - Roud Number: 413. Title: The cuckoo"
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1552:"Bunclody Song Lyrics And Chords By The Dubliners"
662:The Art of Alfred Deller: The Counter-Tenor Legacy
174:There's not one in twenty poor girls can believe.
128:And the more he cries cuckoo, the summer is nigh.
1496:Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music
160:An unconstant lover will bring you to the grave.
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1765:Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings
1101:In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes
802:The first version recorded, released in 1926
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1762:Sullivan, Steve (2017).
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217:That I am a young fellow
215:So that she'd understand
1994:The Bluegrass Situation
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472:David Eugene Edwards
341:in New York in 1949.
300:Roud Folk Song Index
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771:The Everly Brothers
363:False Hearted Lover
349:The Evening Meeting
327:Saltville, Virginia
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1912:Lawrence, Andrew.
1861:"Unconstant Lover"
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239:Note on the Cuckoo
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