Lyr Req: When the herring are gone

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: When the herring are gone
From: Reinhard
Date: 11 Mar 26 - 03:20 PM

Digital Tradition: WHARGANG
Mudcat thread: Lyr Req: Whaur Will We Gang (Andrew Mitchell)

Andy Mitchell's own version is on Bandcamp on a digital album accompanying his book The Land We Call Home.

Recorded by Cilla Fisher on Kettle in 1983 and by Ross Kennedy on Greentrax in 2007.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: When the herring are gone
From: Robert B. Waltz
Date: 11 Mar 26 - 02:42 PM

I'm pretty sure I remember that song from the "Songs of the Fishing" LP on Kettle Records (which is by Cilla only; Artie doesn't appear although an online discography says he produced it). Unfortunately, that's one of my parents' records, not one of mine, so I can't transcribe it for you. But that's where to look.

Subject: Lyr Req: When the herring are gone
From: GUEST,Emma
Date: 11 Mar 26 - 02:01 PM

I think that this might be a Cilla Fisher and Artie Tresize song but I can't find it anywhere. I only remember snatches:

What will we do when the fishing is over
What will we do when the herring are gone
I mind the days with the birds and the fishes
How will we ever...

Would appreciate any I sights.