Shoals Of Herring

[Pete Dunk]

Sorry if this has been posted before but I stumbled across this this evening and it struck me as a pretty good version of the song. I'm not overly convinced of the provenance of the song being properly 'trad' in general but it's a fine rendition of a good song with 'tina accompanyment.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9IOKUTjSAQ

[John Wild]

I believed the song was written by Ewan McColl for the radio ballad Singing the fishing.

 

RIP Lou Killen

Edited August 11, 2013 by John Wild

[Pete Dunk]

Yes, Ewan McColl sounds right, apologies for suggesting it might have been trad. More senior moments!

[Dave Rogers]

I have heard a (possibly apocryphal) story that the tune has migrated to Ireland and, with a different set of words, been "re-imagined" as "Shores of Erin".