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Posted By: GUEST,Desi C
27-Sep-12 - 11:26 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Poverty Knock
Subject: RE: Origins: Poverty Knock
I think I first heard it on a 1964 album titled 'introducing the Ian Cambell Folk Group' described as a song from the cotton Mill industry' I believe the 'poverty knock' in question refers to the rent man come calling for his rent