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   tony  wrote:   
      
      
   > It was certainly implied that 'Shoals of Herring' was a traditional   
   > Scottish song, and no mention of Ewan McColl or the Radio Ballads.   
   > ISTR it featured in 'Singing the Fishing' , but not sure when first   
   > broadcast,   
      
   They actually referred to it as a "Scottish Folksong", despite the fact   
   that it refers to Yarmouth in the second line.  It was indeed written   
   by Ewan McColl.   
      
   > I have also heard an 'Irish' version sometime, 'Shoals of Erin' !   
      
   You could argue that Shoals of Herring has now entered the tradition,   
   on the grounds that most people who sing it have no idea who wrote it,   
   and it has begun to generate independent variants.  Scottish though?   
   The man that wrote it cam fae Salford didn't he?   
      
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