Singing the fishing (a radio ballad about Britain's herring fishing communities)
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MusicPublisher number: DA 142 | Argo / DeccaPublication details: Argo / Decca, 1966.Description: 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm| Item type | Home library | Shelving location | Class number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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VWML | Storage | SAD 2427 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Reference only | SR06499 |
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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.