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Singing the fishing : a radio-ballad about Britain's herring fishing communities / by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker and Peggy Seeger.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: TSCD 803 | Topic RecordsPublication details: Topic Records, 1999.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s):
Contents:
1. Up jumped the herring, the king of the sea -- 2. Come all you gallant fishermen -- 3. It's up with the dawn -- 4. Years ago, you started very young -- 5. I started to go to sea in 1892 -- 6. So it's off with a boiler full of steam -- 7. When the wind is freshening -- 8. What shall it profit a fisherman -- 9. It's busk ye, me lads, get you up on the deck -- 10. There's no feeling like coming into harbour -- 11. Came a'ye fisher lassies -- 12. Up jumped the herring -- 13. Cwa, ye herring fishermen -- 14. A' the week your man's away -- 15. Wi' our nets and gear -- 16. Our ships are small.
Holdings
Item type Home library Shelving location Class number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode
Sound Recordings Sound Recordings VWML Storage SCD 372 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference only SR01052

Compact disc.

First published by Argo in 1967. First broadcast on the BBC Home Service, 16/8/1960; produced by Parker, Charles.

Musical instruments: concertina, clarinet, alto saxophone; double-bass, fiddle, guitar, banjo, autoharp, mandolin.

1. Up jumped the herring, the king of the sea -- 2. Come all you gallant fishermen -- 3. It's up with the dawn -- 4. Years ago, you started very young -- 5. I started to go to sea in 1892 -- 6. So it's off with a boiler full of steam -- 7. When the wind is freshening -- 8. What shall it profit a fisherman -- 9. It's busk ye, me lads, get you up on the deck -- 10. There's no feeling like coming into harbour -- 11. Came a'ye fisher lassies -- 12. Up jumped the herring -- 13. Cwa, ye herring fishermen -- 14. A' the week your man's away -- 15. Wi' our nets and gear -- 16. Our ships are small.

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