Shoals of Herring
With my Newfy blood and my fondness for Irish folk music, I love Ewan MacColl's fishing song, Shoals of Herring. I first heard it sung by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem from the front row of the Queen Elizabeth theatre in Vancouver in 1968. None who sing this soulful song can compare to the late Liam Clancy, last survivor of the Aran sweater clad group who made Irish music an international phenom.