tscd803 singing the fishing

A radio-ballad about Britain's herring fishing communities
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker & Peggy Seeger

SINGING THE FISHING VARIOUS ARTISTS TSCD803
1 Up jumped the herring, the king of the sea... 2.03
2 Come all you gallant fishermen... 1.54
3 It's up with the dawn... 4.45
4 Years ago, you started very young... 4.24
5 I started to go to sea in 1892 ... 1.49
6 So it's off with a boiler full Of steam... 3.55
7 When the wind is freshening ... 5.00
8 What shall it profit a fisherman... 2.54
9 It's busk ye, my lads, get you up on the deck... 2.30
10 There's no feeling like coming into harbour... 3.15
11 Came a'ye fisher lassies... 3.32
12 Up jumped the herring... 10.26
13 Cwa, ye herring fishermen... 4.36
14 A' the week your man's away... 3.55
15 Wi' our nets and gear ... 2.05
16 Our ships are small ... 2.43

Script, song lyrics and music: Ewan MacColl
Orchestration and musical direction: Peggy Seeger
Chorus Direction: Katharine Thomson
Actuality recording: Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker and Peggy Seeger
Production: Charles Parker
Technical Direction: John Clarke

Singers: Ian Campbell, John Clarence, A.L.Lloyd, Ewan MacColl, Elizabeth Stewart, Jane Stewart
Chorus: Martin Marshall, Gordon McCulloch, John O'Reilly, David Phillips, Jack Thomas, J.R.S.Wright

Instrumentalists:
Jim Bray double bass
Fitzroy Coleman guitar
Alf Edwards English concertina
Kay Graham fiddle
Peggy Seeger autoharp, mandolin, 5-string banjo
Bruce Turner clarinet, alto saxophone