This trio's 1963 hit "Reverend Mr. Black" was based on the traditional folk song "Lonesome Valley"
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...... a hit about "The Reverend Mr. Black" who "had to walk that lonesome valley 
by... [DOC] [TLE] REVISION  Vol - Platter-Saurus [PAR] (The melody of this song is similar to Old Original Kokomo Blues & Sweet Home 
... Dock Boggs(USA) Country Blues (OV/DV) Folkways/Library Of Congress ..... (
Based on a 17th Century ballad by Scottish piper MacCrimmon, The ...... Irene 
Scruggs(USA)(Alias = Dixie Nolan/Chocolate Brown) Lonesome Valley Blues  
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