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Lyr Req: Song of the Fishgutters (Ewan MacColl) DigiTrad: SONG OF THE FISH-GUTTERS Related threads: Lyr/Tune Req: Alaska Packers Shanty (20) (origins) Origins: Fish Gutting Lassie (12) Lyr Req: Fish Guttin' Lassie / The Fisher Lassie (44) |
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Subject: Another fish gutting song... From: InOBU Date: 05 Feb 02 - 07:09 AM Come all ye bonny lassies, and come awa with me Fae Carnball, Caipley and fae Inverallachy Fae Buckie and fae Aberdeen and fae a' the country roon We're awa' tae gut the herrin', we're awa' tae Yarmouth toon. That is the one I though our friend wanted, and I was in hopes that someone whould post this song, I heard from Peggy Seeger... Cheers, Larry |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Another fish gutting song... From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 05 Feb 02 - 08:46 AM Ewan MacColl's SONG OF THE FISH-GUTTERS is in the DT, as several people pointed out in the other fish-gutting discussion. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Another fish gutting song... From: InOBU Date: 05 Feb 02 - 10:54 AM Thanks Maclom... it was a bit early here in New York and I don't quite have the eyes on yet... PS, thanks for the help and drop me a PM and I will send ya a Sorcha Dorcha CD as a thanks... |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song of the Fishgutters (Ewan MacColl) From: Joe Offer Date: 09 Aug 20 - 07:09 PM What's the common name of this melody? I know it as "The Hills of Bennachie," but I'm sure that's not it. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song of the Fishgutters (Ewan MacColl) From: Reinhard Date: 10 Aug 20 - 12:04 AM See DT Study: Up Among the Heather |
Subject: DT Corr: Song of the Fishgutters (Ewan MacColl) From: Joe Offer Date: 10 Aug 20 - 02:05 AM Well, let's compare the Digital Tradition lyrics with those in The Essential Ewan MacColl Songbook (Oak Publications, 2001 - page 144)
THE FISHGUTTERS'S SONG
Elisabeth and Jane Stweart are Scots travelling women from Fetterangus. When we heard a tape of them in 1959 singing "The Back o' Benachie" with a bouncy piano accompaniment it was so beguiling that Ewan wrote a whole new set of words to the tune and asked them to come down and record it for Singing for the Fishing. We were recording in Birmingham and it was the first time either of them had ever been on a train or indeed been out of Scotland! Their exuberance and cheer dominated the whole fortnight of recording. The fisherwomen followed the boats along the coast. They would be away from home the whole season. So it WAS "Hills of Bennachie" that was the source of the melody. Thanks, Reinhard. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song of the Fishgutters (Ewan MacColl) From: GUEST,John Bowden (not a typo!) Date: 10 Aug 20 - 06:06 AM There's a lovely video of the song by Ray and Cilla Fisher here |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song of the Fishgutters (Ewan MacColl) From: Tattie Bogle Date: 10 Aug 20 - 08:38 PM Yes, I remember Elizabeth Stewart playing (on the piano again) and singing the original song and tune about Bennachie at Girvan Folk Festival a few years ago, and mentioning that this was the tune that Ewan McColl used for the Fishgutters song. The BACK o' Bennachie is a very different song and tune. |
Subject: ADD Version: Up Amang the Heather From: Tattie Bogle Date: 11 Aug 20 - 04:43 PM Here are the words of the song that Elizabeth Stewart sings: actual title "Up Amang the Heather": (Copied from the excellent "mainly Norfolk" website)- this being the one whose tune Ewan McColl used for the Fishgutters' Song. UP AMANG THE HEATHER Chorus (after each verse): It's up among the heather on the hill o Bennachie Twas there I met a bonnie lassie kilted tae the knee When a bumbee stung me richt below the knee And we baith gaed haem a-murnin fae the hill o Bennachie. Said I tae my lassie, Whaur are ye gaun tae spend the day? Oh I'm gaun tae spend the day on the hill o Bennachie Whaur the lads and the lassies they aa sit sae free Amongst the bloomin heather on the hill o Bennachie. As I wis a-walkin on the hill o Bennachie Twas there I sat a bonnie lassie sitting on ma knee I took her and whurled her and aye she said tae me, O Jock we'll ging a-wanderin on the hill o Bennachie. Said I tae my lassie, Will you tak my advice? Never let a sodger laddie kiss ye mair than twice For aa the time he's kissin ye he's makin up a plan For tae hae anither rattle at yer aul tin can. It is interesting too that some people sing the song in 4/4 timing (as in that video of Ray and Cilla) and some do it in 6/8 jig time. |
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