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  • '''Rambling Syd Rumpo''' was a [[folk music|folk singer]] character, played by the [[English people|English]] [[comedian|com ...ority of the songs' [[lyrics|lyrics]], based upon [[folk music|traditional folk song]]s.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=the-best-
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  • ...event later used in her comedy) – as well as appearances as a [[Folk music|folk]] singer on [[BBC]] radio in 1931. Russell's mother was Canadian, and the f ...e veux pas faire l'amour" and "Je n'ai pas la plume de ma tante"), English folk songs ("I Wish I Were a Dicky-Bird" and "Oh How I Love the Spring"), and En
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  • {{Short description|Australian entertainer and sex offender (born 1930)}} '''Rolf Harris''' (born 30 March 1930) is an Australian entertainer whose career has encompassed work as a musician, singer-songwri
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  • ...EE THE MAIN TEXT OF THE ARTICLE--> Gruntfuttock, and the singer of dubious folk songs, [[Rambling Syd Rumpo]], who all became nationally familiar. The show ...{{sfn|Took|Feldman|1974|p=10}} Often misappropriating the tunes of genuine folk songs, Rambling Syd's lyrics consist of dubious-sounding nonsense words.
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