I've been researching traditional fishing songs for inclusion in a possible CD project, and this thread reminded me of one more. I'd seen the lyrics before but never heard the melody. Now I have another reason to thank the Mudcat.

For the better part of the week now I've been trying to learn the song and come up with a decent cittern arrangement. I find it to be a beautiful, addictive, and very difficult song to play and sing.

Here's Bob Fox and Billy Mitchell's especially lovely version.

Thank you again, fellow Mudcatters, for bringing this song into my life.

Dan