Shoals of Herring (II), The

DESCRIPTION: "We shot our nets when the sun went down, Not many miles from old Yarmouth town." They take such a haul that they have to cut some of their nets away. The market is full. They are forced to sell in a Dutch market. They head for home and bottle
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1992 (Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk)
KEYWORDS: fishing commerce drink
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #103, "The Shoals of Herring" (1 tune)
Roud #10728
NOTES [13 words]: Note that this is not the same as the Ewan MacColl song of the same name. - RBW
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File: Hows103

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