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09 Jul 08 - 07:41 AM (#2384516) Subject: Lyric explanation From: kendall Archie Fisher wrote a song about the sad condition of commercial fishing. He calls it, "The Final Trawl", and there is a word I don't know the meaning of. and the final trawl scarcely nets a cran..What is a cran? |
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09 Jul 08 - 07:44 AM (#2384522) Subject: RE: Lyric explanation From: Phil Edwards OED: A measure of capacity for fresh herrings as caught; fixed by the Fisheries Board at 37 gallons (about 750 fish). Up to 1815 the cran was measured by heaping full a herring-barrel with the ends taken out, which was then lifted, leaving the heap on the ground or floor. In 1816, the Commissioners for the Herring Fishery fixed the capacity of the 'cran' at 42 gallons, Old Wine Measure, which in 1832 was raised to 45 gallons, 42 gallons when 'pined' being found insufficient to make a barrel of bung-packed herrings. In 1852 the contents were given in Imperial measure as 37 gals., making, when pined, a barrel of 30 gals. You'll be wondering about 'pined' - I know I am. OED: To dry or cure (fish, meat, etc.) by exposure to the weather. |
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09 Jul 08 - 07:45 AM (#2384523) Subject: RE: Lyric explanation From: GUEST,CrazyEddie From an online dictionary: "Cran a measure of fish, about 750 herrings, 1797." See also "The Shoals of Herring" "With a hundred cran of the silver darlings, that we'd taken from the Shoals of herring" |
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09 Jul 08 - 08:52 AM (#2384595) Subject: RE: Lyric explanation From: Snuffy We took crans, they take tons And no-one bloody cares. Cheap Boat, Jon Heslop |
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09 Jul 08 - 08:48 PM (#2385277) Subject: RE: Lyric explanation-'cran' in Fisher's 'Final Tr From: kendall And there it is. Thanks for the explanation. In our sardine fishery we use that old measure, the Hogshead. (17.5 bushels) |
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10 Jul 08 - 08:35 AM (#2385592) Subject: RE: Lyric explanation-'cran' in Fisher's 'Final Trawl' From: Richard Bridge Plenty of posters here still do that.. |
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07 Feb 21 - 07:10 PM (#4092055) Subject: RE: Lyric explanation-'cran' in Fisher's 'Final Trawl' From: Joe Offer These are the lyrics in the Digital Tradition. I listened to an Archie Fisher recording on a compilation called People and Songs of the Sea, and noted what Archie sang below in italics - but I don't know the date of this recording. I'm sure Archie recorded this song several times and may have had differences in various recordings, but this is what I hear on the recording I have. I heard Archie sing this at an Archie Fisher concert hosted by Celtaddict in Connecticut, and I wish I could remember when that was. He said he hadn't sung it in many years, and decided he needed to start singing it again. I heard him sing it again in September 2019 when I was on a Jim Malcolm tour of the Borders of Scotland. To me, it's the ultimate Archie Fisher song - but "Witch of the West-mere-lands" is a close second. FINAL TRAWL by Archie Fisher Now it's three long years since we made her pay Sing haul away, my laddie-o And the owners say that she's had her day And sing haul away, my laddie-o So pull (heave?) away for the final trawl sing... It's an easy pull, for the catch is small sing... Now its (Then stow?) stow your gear lads and batten down Then I'll turn (Then I'll take) the wheel, lads, and turn her round And we'll join "The Venture" and "The Morning Star" Riding High and empty behind (towards?) the bar For (Now?) I'd rather beach her on the skerry rock Than to see her torched on (in?) the breakers dock And when I die, you can stow me down In her rusty hold, where the breakers sound Then I'll make the haven and the Fiddler's Green (Then I'd make the haven of Fiddler's Green ?) Where the grub is good and the bunks are clean I fished (But I fished?) a lifetime, boy and man An (And) the final trawl scarcely nets a cran @sailor @work filename[ FINTRAWL TUNE FILE: FINTRAWL CLICK TO PLAY SOF |
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08 Feb 21 - 04:04 AM (#4092078) Subject: RE: Lyric explanation-'cran' in Fisher's 'Final Trawl' From: r.padgett I got my words from Cilla and Artie's album which is very similar to Joe's noted words ~ Archie's words original will be different too! Ray Likely words will be substituted and or changed with different singers |