The Fisherman Collected from James Punt, East Horndon, Essex by Ralph Vaughan Wiliiams, 1904. https://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/2/59

1. As I walked out one May morning
Down by the riverside
And there I saw a fisherman
Come rowing down the tide.

Thanks ,henryp here is a blue click link to ‘The Fisherman’ manuscript https://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/2/59 It seems to be a slight variant of the song widely sung as ‘The Bold Fisherman’ ???

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THE BOLD FISHERMAN

” As I walked out one May morning Down by the riverside,
There I beheld a bold fisherman Come a-rowing with the tide,”

Shirley Collins Bold Fisherman     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-0ZuCOLCwI
The Young Tradition - The Bold Fisherman    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Di5QwN3gEQ

Link to more about THE BOLD FISHERMAN posted below by henryp

Link to Diolch's "Bold Fisherman" posting below