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Wikipedia article"'Under the Blasted Oak'" is a comic song written by George Formby and Frederick E. Cliffe.Richards p. 194 Formby recorded it on 11 October 1942 for Regal Zonophone Records. It tells a humorous "ghost story" about the attempts of Formby and his girlfriend to find a buried stash of money, hidden by a miser under a blasted Oak Tree. The miser makes an apparently ghostly appearance, only to turn out to be wearing a bed sheet. The song features in Formby's 1943 film 'Get Cracking'. ReferencesBibliography* Gammond, Peter. 'The Oxford Companion to Popular Music'. Oxford University Press, 1991. * Richards, Jeffrey. 'The Age of the Dream Palace'. I.B. Tauris, 2010. Category:British songs Category:1942 songs Category:George Formby songs Category:Songs written by George Formby Category:Songs written by Fred E. Cliffe | |
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