Little Donkey and 1960s pop writer Eric Boswell (songwriter)

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cover of original 1959 edition of sheet music of little donkey


in 1959, while hawking more commercial songs london s tin pan alley music publishers, boswell encountered gracie fields @ music publisher chappell visiting seek song revive career. boswell offered little donkey, telling of mary , joseph’s journey bethlehem, , fields recording , beverley sisters, made song christmas hit of 1959, being no. 1 in dominant uk sheet music chart mid november until new year. song hit again @ christmas 1960 nina & frederik.


by boswell had publishing contract chappell , wrote songs them through 1960s including matt munro s ll know , ricky valance s why can t we. latter (valance s follow tell laura love her) came third in 1961 s song europe. boswell wrote second placed song too, m in love sung steve arlen, fell 1 vote short of representing uk @ 1961 s eurovision song contest. meanwhile, little donkey steadily re-recorded artists diverse vera lynn, don estelle, st winifred s school choir , in later decades aled jones, patti page, camera obscura (who performed song part of john peel session) , cerys matthews.


in 1970, boswell wrote christmas song boy bethlehem new publishers william elkin. although in shadow of little donkey, boy bethlehem recorded london children s choir , predecessor sung in british schools @ christmas. being jobbing pop writer, boswell continuing write classical library music , enchantress has underscored several films.


because boswell had been concerned academic employers disapprove of extracurricular career, used pen name derived boswell s drive, chelmsford, street lived. eventually, ahead of 1976 remarriage, changed real name deed poll eric boswell.








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