That's true, Donnegan made covers of lots of American Folk songs. He was entertaining but not very original. He couldn't get away with it now. Jim Sharpe ----- Original Message ----- From: <RHALL451@aol.com> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 1:41 AM Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Re: Roy Orbison > In a message dated 11/24/00 5:02:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, > marged@btinternet.com writes: > > > > "I owe my soul to the Company Store" - was it Lonnie Donergan or was his > > just a > > cheap copy of some American? > > > > > > "You load sixteen tons & what do you get. Another day older and deeper in > debt." > > What year could your Lonnie Donergan have sung it? Tennessee Ernie Ford > first sang the son "Sixteen Tons" in 1955, on his show here in the States. > > Becky > > > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > ENG-DURHAM-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com > A mailing list for those whose ancestors moved between County Durham and > Yorkshire, discussion of the history and migration of the region as well as for people looking for ancestors in either County. > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.215 / Virus Database: 101 - Release Date: 11/16/00