How would you answer Betty’s question?

David Baker  |  Comment
Date posted:  1 Jul 2020
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How would you answer Betty’s question?

There are some tunes which, once heard, are never forgotten. Unfortunately.

One such melody occurs on an album of early 1970s Christian children’s songs which I remember well, despite my best endeavours to forget it.

The LP is one produced by the redoubtable Betty Pulkingham, who features on the album sleeve in a luridly technicolour picture. She is pictured seated on some steps, with her guitar and a determined smile, surrounded by children in improbable early 70s attire. Of course, because of her guitar, we called her Betty Plucking-em.

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