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Singing the fishing (a radio ballad about Britain's herring fishing communities)

Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: DA 142 | Argo / DeccaPublication details: Argo / Decca, 1966.Description: 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm
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 SAD 2427 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference only SR06499

Sound disc, analog.

Written by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker and Peggy Seeger. 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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