Also, I'm surprised to see virtually no discussion anywhere online about the clear similarities between this song, 'Football Crazy' and the Match Of The Day theme tune.
Buzby...?
The Match Of The Day theme by Barry Stoller was clearly 'inspired by'
Fitba'/Football Crazy, written around 1885 by James Curran. However, he carked it way back in 1900 and by the 60s the song would have been considered 'traditional' so Stoller was free to nick it, add a few extra notes into the melody and put his name on it.
More relevant to Donegan's 'Dustman', the Scottish folk duo of Robin Hall And Jimmy MacGregor had released a cover of Football Crazy as a single in 1959 on the London'based folk/blues label Collector Records, which I'm sure Lonnie would have been aware of.

In August 1960 the single was picked up by Decca for wide release after they performed it on one of their regular appreances on the BBC's 'Tonight' programme.

MacGregor had likely picked it up from Ewan MacColl (he had been a member of MacColl's band), who recorded a version of it in 1956 on his 'Scots Street Songs' album. However, before Hall & MacGregor's version was picked up by Decca, HMV put out a rival cover by Joe Gordon And His Folk Four in April 1960:
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'Dustman' is credited as 'New words & new music by L. Donegan & P. Buchanan', which is tacitly admitting that it's built on a 'trad' song (but not saying explicity which one it was):
