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14 Jan 02 - 10:50 AM (#627622) Subject: A Great Song From: GUEST,fasteddy I've heard a lovely song called'the Fishing Days' by a fella called Campbell Gunn who sings in the Park Bar in Glasgow. It's on a compilation CD from the bar, but deserves a bigger audience. anybody interested? |
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14 Jan 02 - 11:12 AM (#627636) Subject: RE: A Great Song From: JenEllen Of course! Are you able to post lyrics, etc? Any website or anything that folks on the other side of the ocean can get ahold of the CD? ~Elle |
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15 Jan 02 - 04:10 AM (#628212) Subject: RE: A Great Song From: katlaughing Sounds interesting! |
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15 Jan 02 - 09:36 AM (#628310) Subject: RE: A Great Song From: GUEST,Fasteddy Hello JenEllen, Give me an address and I'll send you a tape of 'The fishing days' Yours Aye Eddy |
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15 Jan 02 - 10:15 AM (#628334) Subject: RE: A Great Song From: Amos There goes anudder one!! :>) |
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15 Jan 02 - 01:56 PM (#628431) Subject: RE: A Great Song From: swirlygirl Ah the Park Bar... another haunt that I miss now I'm residing in the "lovely" Liverpool... xx |
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15 Jan 02 - 02:23 PM (#628448) Subject: RE: A Great Song From: Devilmaster Does some of it go:
Its 4 o'clock, and the wind is kinda hard today |
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15 Nov 14 - 11:43 AM (#3677406) Subject: RE: A Great Song From: GUEST,Ian Hendrie The Fishing Days by Campbell Gunn was recorded by The McCalmans and Stephen Quigg. I can see the boats at Mallaig from Lewis and the Clyde Low down in the water to the harbour with the tide I can see 'The Horse' at Scavaig from the 'Stormdrift' at the dawn With a hundred cran of herring But the fishing days are gone Chorus: They ploughed the sea and they reaped the silver corn There were hard days and bitter ways to greet the frosty dawn They ploughed the sea and they reaped the silver corn They made hard lives and bitter wives But the fishing days are gone As a boy I used to watch them as they fished the Arran shore On calm and peaceful summer nights then next day home once more And when winter winds were howling and the world lay still and warm They were out upon on the water But the fishing days are gone Now the big ships sweep the ocean from Shetland down to Spain The drifter and the ring net we will never see again The smoking sheds lie empty and the 'Stormdrift's' days are done The herring ships are over And the fishing days are gone |
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15 Nov 14 - 11:54 AM (#3677409) Subject: RE: A Great Song From: GUEST A snippet of the song can be heard on Stephen Quigg's mp3 store : here |
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15 Nov 14 - 01:47 PM (#3677436) Subject: Lyr Add: THE FISHING DAYS (Campbell Gunn) From: michaelr Thanks Ian Hendrie for posting the words. Reposting with a Lyr. Add tag for harvesting. THE FISHING DAYS by Campbell Gunn was recorded by The McCalmans and Stephen Quigg. I can see the boats at Mallaig from Lewis and the Clyde Low down in the water to the harbour with the tide I can see 'The Horse' at Scavaig from the 'Stormdrift' at the dawn With a hundred cran of herring and the fishing days are gone Chorus: They ploughed the sea and they reaped the silver corn There were hard days and bitter ways to greet the frosty dawn They ploughed the sea and they reaped the silver corn They made hard lives and bitter wives but the fishing days are gone As a boy I used to watch them as they fished the Arran shore On calm and peaceful summer nights then next day home once more And when winter winds were howling and the world still and warm They were out upon on the water; now the fishing days are gone Now the big ships sweep the ocean from Shetland down to Spain The drifter and the ring net we will never see again The smoking sheds lie empty and the 'Stormdrift's' days are done The herring ships are over and the fishing days are gone |
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11 Nov 15 - 11:51 PM (#3750163) Subject: RE: A Great Song From: RunrigFan Wrong lyrics Rannoch which consisted of Campell Gunn & Heather O'Neill broke up in 1997 and I think over released 1 album I can see the boats at Mallaig from Lewis and the Clyde Low down in the water, to the harbour with the tide I "can not sung* see 'The Horse' and Sammy from the 'Stormdrift' at the dawn With a hundred cran of herring But the fishing days are gone chorus: They ploughed the seas and they reaped the silver corn There were hard days and bitter ways to greet the frosty morn They ploughed the seas and they reaped the silver corn They made, hard lives and bitter wives But the fishing days are gone As a boy I used to watch them, as they fished the Arran shore On calm and peaceful summer nights and next day home once more But when winter winds were howling and the world lay snug and warm They were out there upon the ocean now the fishing days are gone Repeat Chorus Now the big ships sweep the seabed from Shetland down to Spain The drifter and the ring net, we will never see again The smoking sheds lie empty, the 'Stormdrift's' days are done The herring ships are over And the fishing days are gone Repeat Chorus |
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15 Mar 16 - 12:25 PM (#3779019) Subject: RE: A Great Song: The fishing days (Campbell Gunn) From: GUEST,Alex Doe sanyon ehave, or know where I could get, the guitar tabs for The Fishing Days, fo someone who wants to learn to play it? |
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16 Mar 16 - 09:47 AM (#3779190) Subject: RE: A Great Song: The fishing days (Campbell Gunn) From: GUEST,Ian Hendrie These are the chords I use. I'm sticking with the horse at Skavaig. I recollect finding that the horse at Skavaig was as whirlpool but I can't be bothered re-researching it. Capo 3 : G chords I can see the [G]boats at Mallaig from [C]Lewis and the Clyde Low down in the [G]water to the harbour with the [C]tide I can [G]see the horse at Scavaig from the [C]'Stormdrift' at the dawn With a hundred cran of [G]herring But the [C]fishing [D]days are [G]gone Chorus: They [G]ploughed the sea and they [C]reaped the silver [G]corn There were [C]hard days and [G]bitter ways to [C]greet the frosty [D]morn They ploughed the [G]sea and they [C]reaped the silver [G]corn They made [C]hard lives and [G]bitter wives But the [C]fishing [D]days are [G]gone |
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08 Sep 16 - 11:19 AM (#3808956) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Fishing Days (Campbell Gunn) From: GUEST,Campbell Gunn As the author of the song, I can confirm that the line is "I see the Horse and Sammy..." - the Horse was the nickname of my Uncle Davy Edgar, who was engineer on the Storm Drift, and Sammy was Sammy Gemmell, the owner and skipper of the boat, which was based at Dunure, in Ayrshire. Campbell Gunn |
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09 Sep 16 - 11:25 AM (#3809141) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Fishing Days (Campbell Gunn) From: maeve Thanks very much for your post, Campbell Gunn. We are really happy here when we can be sure the lyrics are right! It would appear Ian Hendrie and michaelr posted the original lyrics then? Wonderful song! Maeve |
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09 Sep 16 - 11:28 AM (#3809142) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Fishing Days (Campbell Gunn) From: maeve Oh wait, no I am wrong- sorry. We may still need to re-post a corrected Lyr ADD for this song, folks. "'I see the Horse and Sammy...' - the Horse was the nickname of my Uncle Davy Edgar, who was engineer on the Storm Drift, and Sammy was Sammy Gemmell, the owner and skipper of the boat, which was based at Dunure, in Ayrshire." Campbell Gunn |
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09 Sep 16 - 11:46 AM (#3809147) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Fishing Days (Campbell Gunn) From: GUEST,Singerdave Campbell, this is a great song and I love singing it, do you have anymore songs related to fishing? |
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07 Nov 16 - 05:35 PM (#3818779) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Fishing Days (Campbell Gunn) From: GUEST,MarcinK I had a pleasure to listen to Rannoch Duo in 1995, in the place called Carbeth Inn, where they were singing. Their concerts had quite unusual in that time audience - the group of Polish scouts (and I was one of them). And I still carry that music in my heart. Unfortunately I have lost their tape before I had it digitalized. I would be grateful for any contact with a person who could help me in this subject. |
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18 Nov 16 - 10:14 AM (#3821349) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Fishing Days (Campbell Gunn) From: GUEST,Campbell Gunn The Fishing Days can be accessed on Soundcloud from my album Old Hard Land, which has a selection of my own songs. I remember great nights playing in the Carbeth Inn (now sadly closed and for sale). Campbell |
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18 Nov 16 - 10:26 AM (#3821355) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Fishing Days (Campbell Gunn) From: maeve Thanks for your post, Campbell Gunn. |
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08 May 17 - 10:47 AM (#3853917) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Fishing Days (Campbell Gunn) From: RunrigFan From Ceilidh In The Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXHeaVP0gSU |
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08 May 17 - 11:42 AM (#3853925) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Fishing Days (Campbell Gunn) From: RunrigFan GUEST,Campbell Gunn - Is this cassette or your cd available?? |
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02 Sep 17 - 06:26 PM (#3874896) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Fishing Days (Campbell Gunn) From: GUEST,Campbell Gunn CDs are available. Email me on campbell.gunn@btinternet.com |
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05 Sep 17 - 11:00 AM (#3875344) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Fishing Days (Campbell Gunn) From: GUEST,Ian Hendrie Over a year after posting some incorrect lyrics and being corrected by the song's composer I offer my belated apologies for doing so. I am very happy to now have the correct version. When composers take a considerable time to get their lyrics right it must be very annoying to have oiks like me come along and incorrectly transcribe them. Though the words can be clearly heard on the recordings I have, Stephen Quigg's diction is excellent, the lines I got wrong just didn't make any sense to me. They do now. I was always a lover of the old vinyl lp which often included extensive sleeve notes, lyrics and words of explanation. Nowadays there are eithe no sleeve notes with downloads or you need a magnifying glass with CD booklets. |