There is also some confusion between Cod Banging and Stormy Weather, since Harold Smy included a verse of the former in his version of the latter.

From Mainly Norfolk; Harold Smy from Ipswich, Suffolk. sang Stormy Weather Boys in 1985 to John Howson. This recording was included on the Veteran Tapes cassette Songs Sung in Suffolk Vol 5 and in 2001 on the Veteran anthology of traditional folk music from Coastal England, When the Wind Blows.

Now it’s four o'clock and out we jump
And we’re heavin’ up the anchor and try the pump.

Chorus (after each verse):
Stormy weather boys, windy weather boys
When the wind blow the barge will go

As we got to Orford Ness
The wind flew down from the nor-nor-west

As we got to Harwich pier
Young and old got h’up to steer
Watch us get our cod on deck
And we hit ‘em on the head with a damn great stick

Now we broke our [borstal] level with the stern
And we unstick the stump and we stuck it out again

John Howson noted: Often called The Cod Banging Song or The Smacksman's Life at Sea, this song is normally associated with the fishing trade, so it is unusual to find the wind blowing a barge. It is popular song in East Anglia, with recorded versions from Bob Roberts and Bob Hart. Sussex's Johnny Doughty also had a version, but with Orford Ness here in the second verse, there is no doubting that Harold learned it locally.