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Posted By: GUEST,henryp
19-Oct-16 - 04:26 PM
Thread Name: Songs about cod or cod fishing
Subject: RE: Looking for songs about cod or cod fishing
This is a great song by John Tams, written for the play The Good Hope produced at The National Theatre 2001-2002.
All Clouds the Sky
Preface based on words from Sir Walter Scott's novel, The Antiquary
How high the price How deep the water That makes widows out of wives For this is not fish you're eating This is men's lives
All clouds the sky, the boats are leaving
One last goodbye, dark waters call us on
The northern sea knows well the sound of grieving
How slight the fate we put our trust upon
Then go we must, no longer can we tarry
The water's wide yet we must go and try
And like a bird on a silvery morning
Home to your side we will chance to fly