BOLD FISHERMAN, THE

Created on 22/09/2022
Latest update on 05/04/2024

Artist: Harry Cox
Author: traditional
Label: Decca
Year: 1934

Roud #291. Ernest John Moeran recording (as Down By The Riverside). E.J. had this traditional singer from Norfolk on the radar since 1922. This recording (for the EFDSS) was released in '98 on Come Let Us Buy The License, Vol 1 in The Voice of the People series and that same year also on The Rough Guide To English Roots Music. In '65 Harry sang it as The Bold Fisherman for Leslie Shepard and that recording came with the Harry Cox anthology The Bonny Labouring Boy (Topic - 2000).

Covers:

1957:

A.L. Lloyd

1957:

Paul Clayton

1966:

Young Tradition

1969:

Maddy Prior [with Tim Hart]

1970:

Shirley & Dolly Collins [released in '94]

1987:

Copper Family

2011:

Jon Boden [on A Folk Song A Day]

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