The shad are funning. We have dined on shad roe, pickled the fleshy bits, etc. Several years ago, I mentioned a version similar to Tim Jacques' version, substituting shadfish for herring.

To save people from digging through this thread, here's how I do it, with stage directions for audience participation:

For shad festivals, a cumuulative call and response song. Eric

Adapted from What'll we do with the herring's tail?

What'll we do with the shadfish tail?
Response: What'll we do with the shadfish tail?
Leader: We'll make it into a sloop with sails.

Cho: Shadfish tail--sloop with sails,
And all manner of things.
Leader: Of all the fish that swim in the sea,
The shadfish is the one for me.

Leader: How are ye today, how are ye today,
me hinney-oh.

And what'll we do with the shadfish eyes?
What'll we do with the shadfish eyes?
Bake into puddsings and pies.

Shadfish eyes, puddings and pies,
Shadfish tail, sloop with sails,
and all manner of things.

Shadfish fins, needles and pins
etc, ending with:
Shadfish guts--sailors' buts [boots],
and all manner of things,

Repeating the various parts until you are exhausted.