“Cod Banging”

Description

A fisherman remembers encountering a big barque and surviving the fight. Now the crowd meets them at Harwich pier to crack cod fish skulls. He concedes he may not have "got it complete 'Cause I've only been in the trade about a week"

Notes

Harwich is an East Anglia port about 65 miles from London. - BS

Recordings

  • Bob Hart, "Cod Banging" (on Voice02)

References

  1. Roud #1747
  2. BI, RcCodBan

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1972 (recording, Bob Hart)
Found in: Britain(England(Lond))