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Story Songs #8 - Two Little Boys

Feb 9, 2009, 12:30pm How Marvellous...

You know the one - "Two little boys had two little toys, each had a wooden horse..." . Most people of a certain age in the UK, will know it as a 1969/1970 Rolf Harris hit, successfully covered in 1980 by Splodgenessabounds. What I didn't know, was that Kenny Rogers & The First Edition did a version on their '71 album - Transition, or that the song was written, twice... over one hundred years ago. This tune first surfaced in 1903, and was a popular recording by Billy Murray. Edward Madden wrote the lyrics, [...]

• Billy Murray - When We Were Two Little Boys
• Byron G. Harlan and Frank C. Stanley - Two little sailor boys
• Kenny Rogers and The First Editon - Two little boys
• Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys
• Sinéad O'Connor - Two Little Boys
• Splodgenessabounds - Two Little Boys
• The Brandywine Singers - Two Little Boys
• The Dixon Brothers - Two Little Boys

Artist:	Billy Murray
Title:	When We Were Two Little Boys
Link Text:	When We Were Two Little Boys - Billy Murray
File Name:	BillyMurray-WhenWeWereTwoLittl eBoys.mp3
Bitrate:	64 kbps
Year:	1903

Artist:	Byron G. Harlan and Frank C. Stanley
Title:	Two little sailor boys
Link Text:	Two Little Sailor Boys - Byron G. Harlan and Frank C. Stanley
File Name:	Harlan-Stanley-TwoSailorBoys.m p3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1906

Artist:	Kenny Rogers and The First Editon
Title:	Two little boys
Link Text:	Two Little Boys - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
File Name:	FirstEdition-Two little boys.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1971

Artist:	Rolf Harris
Title:	Two Little Boys
Link Text:	Two Little Boys - Rolf Harris
File Name:	RolfHarris-TwoLittleBoys.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1994

Artist:	Sinéad O'Connor
Title:	Two Little Boys
Link Text:	Two Little Boys - Sinead O'Connor
File Name:	SineadOConnor-TwoLittleBoys.mp 3
Bitrate:	64 kbps
Year:	2005

Artist:	Splodgenessabounds
Title:	Two Little Boys
Link Text:	Two Little Boys - Splodgenessabounds
File Name:	Splodgenessabound-TwoLittleboy s.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	The Brandywine Singers
Title:	Two Little Boys
Link Text:	Two Little Boys - The Brandywine Singers
File Name:	Brandwine-TwoLittleBoys.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	The Dixon Brothers
Title:	Two Little Boys
Link Text:	Tow Little Boys - The Dixon Brothers
File Name:	DixonBrothers-TwoLittleBoys.mp 3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1937

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