Music: Folk Frenzy

When I was young I use' to wait

On Massa an' hand him his bicarbonate

Until one day he chance to fin'

Dat effervescent Ab-Doh line!

Oh, Ab-Doh Pitts! Ab-Doh Pills!

Dey's de answer to all de stomach ills!

No one has tried to sell a pill to these lyrics yet, but any day now, some adman may. The U.S. is smack in the middle of a folk-music boom, and already the TV pitchmen have begun to take advantage of it. Pseudo folk groups such as the Kingston Trio (see SHOW BUSINESS) are riding high on the...

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