Larner, Sam | Now Is The Time For Fishing | CD

Sam Larner was a Norfolk fisherman and singer, born in 1878 in Winterton, Norfolk, who died on 11 September 1965. He went to sea at eight and learned many songs from his father and other fishermen. He sang at fishermen's smoking concerts in ports along the coast from Shetland to Cornwall, as the fishing fleet followed the annual migration of the herring.

Now Is The Time For Fishing is a 1 CD album released by Hallmark Music & Entertainment on 9 December 2016. It brings together fishing songs originally released on vinyl in 1961. Many of the songs were unique to Winterton.

Track List

1. Now Is the Time for Fishing
2. Up Jumped the Herring
3. The Dogger Bank
4. Henry Martin
5. Butter and Cheese
6. The Reckless Young Fellow
7. Blow Away the Morning Dew
8. All Fours
9. Green Broom
10. The Dockyard Gate
11. No Sir, No Sir
12. Sealore and Rhymes
13. The Drowned Lover
14. The Dolphin
15. The Bold Princess Royal
16. The Ghost Ship
17. Pleasant and Delightful
18. Maids, When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man
19. The Wild Rover