Suzanne, no apologies needed.

Here's another two.

THE FISH GUTTING LASSIE
(Believed to be from Orney Folk Group FRIDERAY but I may be wrong)

I'm a fish-guttin' lassie, guttin' herrin's me trade
I'll never be wealthy, nae fortunes I've made
For tenpence a barrel is all we are paid
Life's hard wi' the herrin' shoal

Chorus:
For we'll gut an' well clean an' we'll salt them away
Fill all the barrels and get a day's pay
And when the job's over we'll be on our way
We'll follow the herrin' shoal

For the work is gey hard and the weather is cauld
But we sing as we wait for the catch of pure gold
When the drifters sail in, what a sight we'll behold
Hurrah for the herrin' shoal

For we'll gut and we'll clean in the sun and the rain
Back almost breakin', hands stiff wi' pain,
But when next season comes, we'll be back here again,
Along wi' the herrin' shoal

Well the season is over the work is all done.
The men with their boats and the herring have gone.
We'll pack up our kit and then head away home.
Along wi' the herring shoals.

And

WHAUR WILL WE GANG
(Andrew Mitchell, Ullapool)

I mind the days when they worked at the driftnet
All the Clydesmen and the herring sae fine
But a' these tried methods have been overtaken
For the sake o' fortune and keeping wi' time

And what will we dae when the Minch is a' finished
And what will we dae when the herrin's a' done
And whaur will we gang wi' oor pursers and trawlers
And how will we ever pay off the bank loan

There's still some fine shotties o' mackerel off Cornwall
So we'll a' head doon sooth and scrape off what's left there
We'll fill the fishhold and we'll nae fear the future
And soon there'll be mackerel aff Cornwall nae mair

And what will we dae when the mackerel's all finished
And what will we dae when the herrings's all done
And whaur will we gang wi' oor pursers and trawlers
And how will we ever pay off the bank loan

Blue whiting's in season oot there aff St. Kilda
So we'll rig a deep trawl and we'll all head out west
With tow after tow that's been landed for fishmeal
Blue whiting will go just the same as the rest.

I mind the days when they worked at the driftnet
All the Clydesmen and the herring sae fine
But a' these tried methods have been overtaken
For the sake o' fortune and keeping wi' time

CC