“Stop the Peter, Paul and Mary nonsense and start acting like man. ok?”
Well, Pete Seeger did it originally, but it was not commercially accepted. Then of course, the most famous version was recorded by the Kingston Trio in 1961, and PP&M followed up with their cover in 1962. Before your time.
Russia is in for a catastrophic economic crash if the anecdotes in this story are typical.
The Mills Brothers did it best.
Not before mine. Seems an adult could tolerate multiple concepts at least in the pursuit of truth.
The Trio did the best version in a pool hall setting of young studs contemplating their future.