A radio ballad by Ewan MacColl and Charles Parker
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'Singing the Fishing'
A radio ballad by Ewan MacColl and Charles Parker on the three generations of the herring fisherman

Told by Sam Larner of Winterton, Ronnie Balls of Yarmouth, George Draper of Lowestoft, Frank West of Gardenstown, with the crew of the 'Honeydew' and men and women from the fishing communities of East Anglia and the Moray Firth

Set into song by Ewan MacColl with A.L. Lloyd, Elizabeth and Jane Stewart, Ian Campbell, John Clarence, and a section of the Clarion Singers under Katharine Thomson. Jim Bray (bass), Fitzroy Coleman (guitar), Alf Edwards (concertina and ocarina), Kay Graham (fiddle), Peggy Seeger (banjo, mandolin, and auto harp), Bruce Turner (alto-sax and clarinet)
The hymn sung by Lewis Cardno of Cairnbulg; the poem 'The Elusive Herring,' written and read by James Burnett of Gardenstown
Orchestration and Music Direction Peggy Seeger
Technical direction, John Clarke
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