Well, not me for a start - I always thought LBV was a traditional song. See, this is what'll happen once everyone downloads their music and doesn't have a CD cover to peer at the small print on. It's a 'composed' song written by Danny Dill, who's just died (but I don't think anyone mentioned him on RR so we're safe) in 1959, making it now 50 years old or nearly. There's quite a bit in the Grauniad obit about his inspiration for it.
The video is Barack's mate Bruce, with the Seeger Sessions band.
Rather fond of Nick Cave's version from the "Pricks" cover album, but then I've always been fond of Nick Cave & the respect he has for his musical & literary influences.
I always understood it was a political song with a veiled message (see what I did there?)
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