The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #67532 Message #3498238
Posted By: Jim Carroll
03-Apr-13 - 08:37 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Shoals of Herring
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Shoals of Herring
MacColl wrote the introductory verse as follows:
"With our nets and gear we're faring,
On the wild and wasteful ocean,
It's there on the deep where we harvest and reap our bread,
As we hunt the bonny shoals of herring."
The tune he used was an adaptation of the main tune taken freely
The last verse is the one that is usually sung "Oh I earned My keep....", but is also taken freely.
It can be heard on the Radio Ballad 'Singing the Fishing' and is found transcribed in 'The Essential Ewan MacColl Songbook'.
I anybody has trouble finding the tune for the first verse I'll happily scan it from 'Essential' and send it if they PM me an e-mail address.
Jim Carroll