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Paul Clayton has been played on NTS shows including Light in the Attic, with Swannanoah Tunnel first played on 2 July 2016.

Paul Clayton (born Paul Clayton Worthington; March 3, 1931 – March 30, 1967) was an American folksinger and folklorist who was prominent in the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s.

A graduate of the University of Virginia, where he earned a master's degree in Folklore, Clayton specialized in traditional music, primarily New England sea shanties and ballads as well as Appalachian songs. He became interested in the first of these as a youngster and began playing guitar as a teen. While attending…

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Wild Mountain Thyme
Paul Clayton
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Swannanoah Tunnel
Paul Clayton
Folkways Records1962
Swannanoah Tunnel
Paul ClaytonFolkways Records1962
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Haul On The Bowline
Paul Clayton, The Foc'sle Singers
Folkways Records1959
Haul On The Bowline
Paul Clayton, The Foc'sle SingersFolkways Records1959
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Rio Grande
Paul Clayton, The Foc'sle Singers
Folkways Records1959
Rio Grande
Paul Clayton, The Foc'sle SingersFolkways Records1959
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Wild Mountain Thyme
Paul Clayton
Monument Record Corp.1964
Wild Mountain Thyme
Paul ClaytonMonument Record Corp.1964
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