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11 Jan 06 - 02:55 PM (#1646386) Subject: Lyr Req: Culler Coat Fisher Lass From: GUEST,Jacqued Hi! Memsahib has been asked to sing "Culler Coat Fisher Lass" by a north country exile but has no other information to offer! The net hasn't produced anything but, as miracles take just a little longer, help! Has anyone out there information on where we can get the words and music (sheet or CDs). Many thanks, Jacqued |
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11 Jan 06 - 03:08 PM (#1646405) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Culler Coat Fisher Lass From: nutty Words and Music can be found on this site Tyneside Songs By Catchside Warrington Volume 2 1929 |
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11 Jan 06 - 03:35 PM (#1646436) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Culler Coat Fisher Lass From: GUEST,Jacqued Many thanks, Nutty. I was wrong, miracles don't take that long! |
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11 Jan 06 - 03:52 PM (#1646446) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Culler Coat Fisher Lass From: nutty Thats the wonder of Mudcat |
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11 Jan 06 - 04:27 PM (#1646463) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Culler Coat Fisher Lass From: TheBigPinkLad I couldn't get that site to open, nutty. It's here though, with an audio file: Cullercoats Fish Lass |
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12 Jan 06 - 08:22 AM (#1646932) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Culler Coat Fisher Lass From: GUEST Cullercoats by the way is just north of Whitley Bay. When I were a lad (just after the dinosaurs.) you could still buy fish and pints of prawns and cockles from the cottages along the top of the harbour. |
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12 Jan 06 - 08:24 AM (#1646933) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Culler Coat Fisher Lass From: A Wandering Minstrel Err the guest above is me! are those cookie crumbs? |
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12 Jan 06 - 04:12 PM (#1647173) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Culler Coat Fisher Lass From: GUEST Cullercoats by the way is just SOUTH of Whitley Bay. |
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16 Jan 06 - 01:35 PM (#1649639) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Culler Coat Fisher Lass From: Jim Dixon Lyrics copied from the Fish Tales page (Thanks, BigPinkLad, for the link), but I have made a few corrections based on my hearing of the sound file that can be played on that page. There are some names I am still doubtful about. CULLERCOATS FISH LASS As sung by Johnny Handle I's a Cullercoats fishwife so cosy an' free, Brought up in a cottage close on by the sea; An' I sell fine fresh fish to poor an' to rich. Will you buy, will you buy, will you buy me fresh fish? Will you buy, will you buy, will you buy me fresh fish? SPOKEN: Fine codlin's, hinny, cheaper for hyem consumption than butcher meat. There's fine mackerel; come, mister, you shall have them at your own price. But the sea's up. I swear fish just now is as bad to catch as husbands and a great deal worse to sell. Do you want any fish or what? Will you buy, will you buy, will you buy me fresh fish? Baith barefoot an' barelegg'd I trudge many a week, With a creel on me back an' a bloom on me cheek. I'll sell you flat fish, fine skate or fresh ling; Pennywilks, crabs an' lobsters sometimes I will bring. Will you buy, will you buy, will you buy me fresh fish? Will you buy, will you buy, will you buy me fresh fish? I work hard for me livin', from a friend never begs, And I huff the young laddies when they peep at me legs. I's healthy an' handsome, quite willin' an' strong To toil for me livin' cryin' "fish" all day long. Will you buy, will you buy, will you buy me fresh fish? Will you buy, will you buy, will you buy me fresh fish? SPOKEN: That's what I call fishin' for a livin'! But talkin' aboot fish, there's as queer fish on land as there is in the sea. Gladstone, Tom Sawyer an' Blondin (?). I call them "Star Fish" that baits the public to some tune. Folks that neglects to buy the Illustrated Tyneside Songs I consider them "Flat Fish". Mackay's men, they're "Dry Fish" - you can tell by their gills or maybe's by their jills. Noo sailors, well, they're "Sword Fish", that you should always keep a weather eye on land sharks. Volunteers, they're "Fresh Fish" when, with wor soldiers an' sailors, make up wor sole defenders. As for me, without your kind favours, I'd be like a fish out of water. I's a "Maiden Fish", oot of her teens just, in search of a husband to make meself comfortable. I want to take moorin's for life in the roads and channels of prosperity. Will you buy, will you buy, will you buy me fresh fish? Will you buy, will you buy, will you buy me fresh fish? |
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18 Jan 06 - 09:28 AM (#1650847) Subject: Lyr Add: CULLERCOATS FISH-LASS (Ned Corvan) From: Jim Dixon The text I posted above is apparently derived from the following one. My main reason for posting this version is the fuller rendering of the dialect, but there are also some differences in the wording. Transcribed from "Tyneside Songs, Volume II," by Catchside Warrington, 1929, images of which can be seen here: Page 1 and Page 2. (Thanks to Nutty for the link.) CULLERCOATS FISH-LASS Words, Ned Corvan. Tune, "Lilla's a Lady." Aa's a Cullercoats fish-lass se cozy an' free, Browt up in a cottage close on by the sea; An' Aa sell fine fresh fish te poor an' te rich. Will ye buy, will ye buy, will ye buy ma fresh fish? CHORUS: Will ye buy, will ye buy, will ye buy ma fresh fish? Byeth barefoot an' barelegged Aa trudge mony a week, Wi' a creel on me back an' a bloom on me cheek. Aa'll supply ye wi flat fish, fine skyet or fresh ling; An' sometimes pennywilks, crabs an' lobsters Aa bring. SPOKEN. Fine codlins, hinny. Cheaper for hyem consumption than butcher meat. There's fine mackerel. Howay, mister, ye shall hev them at yor aan price—but the sea's up! Aa's sure fish just noo is as bad te catch as husbands, an' a greet deal warse te sell. SINGS. Will ye buy— Will ye buy— Will ye buy ma fresh fish? IMITATES CRIES. Will ye buy ony fish? I work hard for me livin', frev a freend Aa ne'er begs, An' Aa huff the young cheps when they peep at me legs. Aa's hilthy an' handsum, quite willin' an' strang Te toil for me livin' cryin' "fish" aall day lang. SPOKEN. That's what Aa caall fishin' for a livin'. But taakin' aboot fish — thor's queer fish on the land as weel as in the sea. Gladstone—Tom Sayers, an' Blondin—Aa caall them "star-fish" that baits the publick te some teun. Foaks that neglects te buy the Tyneside Songs, Aa considers them "flat-fish". Mackey's men, thor "dry-fish": ye can tell them by thor "gills." Sailors, thor "salt-fish", and shud keep thor weather eye on "land sharks." Volunteers—thor "fresh-fish" and wi' wor sowljors an' sailors, myek up wor "sole" defenders. As for me, wivoot yor kind favours, Aa'd be like a fish oot o' wettor; Aye-wey! Aa's a maiden fish, oot iv hor teens, in sairch ov a husband te myek us comfortable. Aa want te tyek moorin's for life in the roads an' channels o' matrimony. SINGS. Will ye buy, will ye buy, &c. |
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19 Jan 06 - 07:00 AM (#1651469) Subject: Chord Req: Cullercoats Fish Lass From: GUEST,Jacqued Just got Judy Dinnings CD "Fine Times" and it is grand. It contains the song "Cullercoats Fish Lass" and I wonder if anyone out there has the chords for this song? Thanks |
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14 Jan 13 - 03:49 PM (#3466064) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Cullercoats Fish Lass From: GUEST,steve Ned Corvan, the writer and original performer, used to perform it in drag :) |
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19 Jun 20 - 11:05 AM (#4060137) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Cullercoats Fish Lass From: GUEST Miriam Nicholson is a composer and I have been going through my compositions which I have written over the years. I found one verse of this song written with a piano accompaniment and I was looking for the other verses which are written in a modern language. However I can't find them. I can translate them myself but wonder what the restrictions happen to be. I am sure all the verses have been brought up to date but I can't find them. If you can help me I will appreciate it very much. I used to be Head of Music in the schools I taught. But I have been retired for some years now. I still in normal circumstances teach piano at home and play for services in some churches. If you can help me please get in touch. |
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22 Jun 20 - 08:56 AM (#4060728) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Cullercoats Fish Lass From: GUEST Can't think there are any restrictions on this song- Ned Corvan died in 1865 - his words are not that inaccessible to 'English' speakers- n Nutty's reference in 2006 above, is as good as any... |
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23 Jan 21 - 07:06 AM (#4089446) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Cullercoats Fish Lass From: GUEST,jamiebrownfolk BORIS'S POLLOCKS: The Cullercoats Fish Lass 2021 (Post-Brexit) Jamie Brown -------- A topical 2021 slant on a traditional North-East folk tune: The Cullercoats Fish Lass by Ned Corvan. BORIS'S POLLOCKS: The Cullercoats Fish Lass 2021 (Post-Brexit) The current plight of the UK fishing industry. Some may disagree with the stance of the fishermen on certain subjects, but we are united by at least one thing: false promises. Desperate times. And yes, pollocks are fish...I hear Boris is a fan. ?? |
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25 Jan 21 - 10:17 AM (#4089826) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Cullercoats Fish Lass From: GUEST,# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cullercoats_Fish_Lass Wikipedia article about the song. |
