I've been teaching this wonderful Ewan MacCall ballad about the end of the Herring fisheries for decades, since it came out in the late 1950's. My students love it and they love learning about it through the films made for Aussie TV called "Singing the Fishing". This is beautiful.
I chose this song at end of my dad's funeral. Not this version, slower... That said he loved the corries and always spoke of this song. 14.6.22 love you dad
Wick, Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Stonehaven, Dunbar and many others all the way down to Yarmouth - the East coast one time-herring fishing towns and villages have lost something that can never be regained, but we can still take the time to listen to this song and remember the way things used to be. And good luck to our friends in Nova Scotia, Maine and all the others.
WOW.....OF ALL THE CORRIES SONGS....THIS ONE HAS GOT TO BE MY FAVORITE........I probably have heard it over 100 times, but yet I NEVER get tired of it...A BRILLIANT MASTERPIECE OF MUSIC....AMAZING..
i remember going to to see the Corries in concert many times in the early 70's and it's great to have all those memories flood back thanks to the people that upload there fantastic songs
the corries often did tv shows in pub like rooms, but they definately were real, if you watch the whole set you will see people drinking. and my dad was one of the drinkers while touring with the corries in germany!
I was already familiar with a lot of folk songs before I took 4 classes in:Irish, American, British, and Georgia Folklore at GSU. I also had a great professor:Dr. John Burrison. I owe my curiosity to many things: my heritage, my parents' love of music, my public library where I first checked out a record-"Bonapart's' Retreat" from the Chieftans-which led me to many others over time, my friends, going to various concerts, my own collection of records, cassettes, and CD's, and my classes. Classical,Rock, and others are great too, but learning about your family background through folk music is important too to kids of all ages. I still listen.
It's a shame to Yarmouth now. There's barely a sign left of how great a fishing town it was. This is in my opinion the best version of this song. Roy you are sorely missed.
Have to agree with Maria on this one. Love the Corries all my life and remember Roy playing with the Incredible String Band, ( Yes, I'm that old!!), but the man for this classic is Luke Kelly.
@wallace500001 The song was written by an Englishman of Scottish parentage but it was not written in the Scottish idiom. MacColl wrote it taking a lot of the lyrics directly from a Norfolk fisherman's (Sam Larner I think) own words. It is more of an English song than anything else!
@@Machine_gun_of_ideology It was written by Ewan MacColl for the BBC radio ballad "Singing the fishing", and, yes, it deliberately used words and phrases etc from interviews with Sam Larner (a Norfolk fisherman.
"whole British herring fishing industry" It does. The song though was specifically written after MacColl interviewed Sam Larner the fisherman and folk songer from Norfolk. The song was inspired by Larner's description of his life! Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft were full of Scottish seasonal workers like the girls gutting the fish etc. Interestingly MacColl also learned Larner's version of Wild Rover and recorded it himself. Irish singers then learned it and now everyone will swear it is Irish.
Of course, the Corries were real, or did you mean the concerts :-D ? On the TV shows, things were done a little differently, I think. The songs were probably recorded on separate takes and the drinkers may have drunk on cue so that viewers would get the atmosphere of a full glass. You can see things like this on the videos of their other BBC shows. BTW, check out the Corrie Folk Trio version of this, also on YT. Roy sings lead on that, too. and that one seems to me to have more atmosphere!
"Who cares whether it's sung in the Scottish "idiom" whatever that is" I was replying to the idea that Luke Kelly's version was anglicised. My point was that it is an English song written in English deliberately using the speech patterns of an English fisherman. You can't anglicise what is English in the first place. MacColl's parents were Scots and he sometimes sung deliberately in a Scottish accent but this song wasn't one of those occasions.
I like this version but surely Luke Kelly version is so magical and sung with such feeling that no comparison is possible,have another listen to Luke's recording,You have your opinion I know and good luck to you.
Of course People have different taste , I love these guys, but this song certainly belongs to Luke Kelly, he puts so much into it its unbelievable.. I like the variations and the instrumentation here though.
Just listened to Luke's version. Seems to be a bit anglicised . Yes, holds his notes very well to some effect , but then shouts in other parts. A nice version spoiled by the changes of accent for me. Not really my cup ot tea . Hey ho, each to his own. As someone who has done it , the Corries catch much more of the atmosphere.
Maria, personal preference I suppose. We use to sing these songs in Fraserburgh in the pubs on a Saturday night in the 1970s (before going on to listen to a band covering Deep Purple at the Dalrymple Hall). The main thing was that in those days we had the "exposure" to this great music. Can't see that happening now with the "youngsters". Best regards, John.
gaconnochie, Sounds like you are looking for an argument by your tone. Well aware that it was written by Sam Larner actually. My point was that the changes of accent destroy the reality and ambience of the song. Who cares whether it's sung in the Scottish "idiom" whatever that is , or has english or indeed Canadian accents but for me . I'd prefer to avoid a mixture. As I said , each to his own.
Similar but remade from Luke Kellys song, I love the corries but this is very much Luke's Song and mostly I like Luke Kelly but I think he's overhyped, but on this song its obvious why people love him so much. I just have to think of this version as a completely different song.
The song celebrates the whole British herring fishing industry which stretched the length of the UK's east coast and beyond. MacColls parents were from Aberdeenshire / The Scottish North East a major centre of the Industry and its their dialect (the Doric) he frequently replicated when singing. MacColl himself was born in Salford I think.And your right Luke Kelly didnt Anglicise anything the song was never not English.
While Luke Kelly covered this song, it isn't his. It was written by Ewan MacColl. Liam Clancy's covers are equally well know as Luke and possibly better, since Liam was a better singer than Luke.
I've been teaching this wonderful Ewan MacCall ballad about the end of the Herring fisheries for decades, since it came out in the late 1950's. My students love it and they love learning about it
through the films made for Aussie TV called "Singing the Fishing". This is beautiful.
I chose this song at end of my dad's funeral.
Not this version, slower...
That said he loved the corries and always spoke of this song.
14.6.22 love you dad
Such a historical song, this is true folk art.
The Corries and The Clancy Brothers - true folk legends.
Gold pure Gold.
Working years ago in Saudi I would listen to this (and others Corries tracks) and think of home
Lads Among the Heather is one of their best albums .
So Llove the Corries .The death of Roy bringing them to an end was so sad .
Wick, Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Stonehaven, Dunbar and many others all the way down to Yarmouth - the East coast one time-herring fishing towns and villages have lost something that can never be regained, but we can still take the time to listen to this song and remember the way things used to be. And good luck to our friends in Nova Scotia, Maine and all the others.
Saw them twice...part of my growing-up....just superb...might live in England, but I'll stop being Scottish when I stop breathing...
Hear hear
Alba gu Bràth 🏴
WOW.....OF ALL THE CORRIES SONGS....THIS ONE HAS GOT TO BE MY FAVORITE........I probably have heard it over 100 times, but yet I NEVER get tired of it...A BRILLIANT MASTERPIECE OF MUSIC....AMAZING..
I absolutely love The Corries in my teens and it's great to see them again on here. (Agree about Luke Kelly)
What a travesty that both Luke Kelly, aged 43 And Roy Williamson aged 54 are no longer with us. Sing it up boys where ever ye are
Travesty is actually when men wear women‘s clothes… 🎉
@@alanfaehamilton a prefer the original by ewan maccoll,
Excellent, a great song for my Fishing ancestors from Eyemouth to Fraserburgh
I m a french fisherman and work with scotts from peterhead a fraserburg .. nice song i m listenning at the moment on our trawler..
My favourite version of this song. I just love it.
i remember going to to see the Corries in concert many times in the early 70's and it's great to have all those memories flood back thanks to the people that upload there fantastic songs
Love both MacColl's and Killen's versions but lads, this is the best rendition ever.And Ronnie's playing is great!
Rubbish. Yid think they were Fishin th3m in a speedboat.
@@joemdee That's yer opinion, mate, which I respect. But as a musician, I need to listen to several renditions of a song. Cheers!
.@@MrGothic78 always loved 5he corries but not that version o shoals o herrin.
@@joemdee Aye, I also love Lou Killen's rendition on vocals and English concertina. Cheers mate
the corries often did tv shows in pub like rooms, but they definately were real, if you watch the whole set you will see people drinking. and my dad was one of the drinkers while touring with the corries in germany!
I love them!
I think the Corries sing with more feeling than most.
Brilliant
Surely it is the sentiment and the feeling of being a herring fisherman that counts.
The herring fleet spanned with the east coast of scotland and England
I was already familiar with a lot of folk songs before I took 4 classes in:Irish, American, British, and Georgia Folklore at GSU. I also had a great professor:Dr. John Burrison. I owe my curiosity to many things: my heritage, my parents' love of music, my public library where I first checked out a record-"Bonapart's' Retreat" from the Chieftans-which led me to many others over time, my friends, going to various concerts, my own collection of records, cassettes, and CD's, and my classes. Classical,Rock, and others are great too, but learning about your family background through folk music is important too to kids of all ages. I still listen.
I loved "The green Linnet" from the Chieftains Bonaparte's Retreat. Learned it and performed it acapella for years.
It's a shame to Yarmouth now. There's barely a sign left of how great a fishing town it was. This is in my opinion the best version of this song. Roy you are sorely missed.
love the corries.west of ireland
Have to agree with Maria on this one. Love the Corries all my life and remember Roy playing with the Incredible String Band, ( Yes, I'm that old!!), but the man for this classic is Luke Kelly.
Wow,wow.
@wallace500001 The song was written by an Englishman of Scottish parentage but it was not written in the Scottish idiom. MacColl wrote it taking a lot of the lyrics directly from a Norfolk fisherman's (Sam Larner I think) own words. It is more of an English song than anything else!
Fairly sure it was writen for the radioballad with the same name, in the same vein (pun not intended) as "the big hewer".
@@Machine_gun_of_ideology It was written by Ewan MacColl for the BBC radio ballad "Singing the fishing", and, yes, it deliberately used words and phrases etc from interviews with Sam Larner (a Norfolk fisherman.
I didn't know that,and I heard this song a few times when my Mum played her Corries albums in the 70s.
Possibly the best song ever recorded, but you need a wee dram to keep you jolly
Michael Neville,Oh dear,what a statement to make.
yes its Luke for me
"whole British herring fishing industry" It does. The song though was specifically written after MacColl interviewed Sam Larner the fisherman and folk songer from Norfolk. The song was inspired by Larner's description of his life! Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft were full of Scottish seasonal workers like the girls gutting the fish etc. Interestingly MacColl also learned Larner's version of Wild Rover and recorded it himself. Irish singers then learned it and now everyone will swear it is Irish.
Of course, the Corries were real, or did you mean the concerts :-D ? On the TV shows, things were done a little differently, I think. The songs were probably recorded on separate takes and the drinkers may have drunk on cue so that viewers would get the atmosphere of a full glass. You can see things like this on the videos of their other BBC shows. BTW, check out the Corrie Folk Trio version of this, also on YT. Roy sings lead on that, too. and that one seems to me to have more atmosphere!
hell yes!
Is there anything these men cannot play?
Death metal?
"Who cares whether it's sung in the Scottish "idiom" whatever that is" I was replying to the idea that Luke Kelly's version was anglicised. My point was that it is an English song written in English deliberately using the speech patterns of an English fisherman. You can't anglicise what is English in the first place. MacColl's parents were Scots and he sometimes sung deliberately in a Scottish accent but this song wasn't one of those occasions.
Correct sir!
@BardofCornwall Very good version, but not even close to Luke's (which is available here, too).
I like this version but surely Luke Kelly version is so magical and sung with such feeling that no comparison is possible,have another listen to Luke's recording,You have your opinion I know and good luck to you.
I would definitely like to see the famous Fretkillr play this one. :D
Ewan MacColl's version is the best ever.
I'm not familiar with these guys, but they perform a decent Shoals of Herring. Great video!
Of course People have different taste , I love these guys, but this song certainly belongs to Luke Kelly, he puts so much into it its unbelievable.. I like the variations and the instrumentation here though.
lucky you aye mean that
Still rubbish!😠😠
thanks for trying to educate me but i,d rather enjoy the song
Without her i am nothing
Just listened to Luke's version. Seems to be a bit anglicised . Yes, holds his notes very well to some effect , but then shouts in other parts. A nice version spoiled by the changes of accent for me.
Not really my cup ot tea . Hey ho, each to his own.
As someone who has done it , the Corries catch much more of the atmosphere.
i love the corries but this version belongs to luke kelly
Roy's recording of this with the Corrie Folk Trio was much better. I find this one too fast.
Maria, personal preference I suppose. We use to sing these songs in Fraserburgh in the pubs on a Saturday night in the 1970s (before going on to listen to a band covering Deep Purple at the Dalrymple Hall). The main thing was that in those days we had the "exposure" to this great music. Can't see that happening now with the "youngsters". Best regards, John.
Ever heard os Slipknot?
just depends on who you like
gaconnochie,
Sounds like you are looking for an argument by your tone.
Well aware that it was written by Sam Larner actually.
My point was that the changes of accent destroy the reality and ambience of the song.
Who cares whether it's sung in the Scottish "idiom" whatever that is , or has english or indeed Canadian accents but for me .
I'd prefer to avoid a mixture.
As I said , each to his own.
Similar but remade from Luke Kellys song, I love the corries but this is very much Luke's Song and mostly I like Luke Kelly but I think he's overhyped, but on this song its obvious why people love him so much. I just have to think of this version as a completely different song.
Jeffrey Ford how is this remade from Kelly’s version? I just dont get it. I’ve listened to both, but no
There are fisherman in Yarmouth, Maine as well. I am a lobsterman just east of Yarmouth.
V
The song celebrates the whole British herring fishing industry which stretched the length of the UK's east coast and beyond. MacColls parents were from Aberdeenshire / The Scottish North East a major centre of the Industry and its their dialect (the Doric) he frequently replicated when singing. MacColl himself was born in Salford I think.And your right Luke Kelly didnt Anglicise anything the song was never not English.
While Luke Kelly covered this song, it isn't his. It was written by Ewan MacColl. Liam Clancy's covers are equally well know as Luke and possibly better, since Liam was a better singer than Luke.
Not the best version in my opinion but everyone is entitled to their opinion.
get a life
Worst ever version. You’d think it was a race. Totally without the emotion that Ewan McColl put into it..