One More Trip - Track Listing & Narratives
1 TRAWLER OWNERS' SHANTY - Grimsby rightly honours the men who invested in the great trawler fleets. But some of them prospered at the expense of their workers, and of the relentlessly plundered shoals.
2 WHERE THE SEA MEETS THE LAND - A mother explains her trawlerman husband's arduous life to their child.
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3 EGGIN' BACK O' DOIG'S - Very much a Grimsby saying, being the usual response to the question: "What have you been up to?" by those who were far too polite to say: "Mind your own business!"
4 SIX-TILL-TWO - An unpopular shift for the ladies of the fish finger line, because of the early start.
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5 THE GIRL PAT - Skipper Dod Orsborne's ill-fated attempt to commandeer his brand new ship for purposes other than fishing. His exploits made international news in the mid-1930s. Some say he was after buried treasure.
6 GYPSY - Julie's memories of the (pre-holiday camps) village of Humberston in the 1950s.
7 A DECKIE'S LAMENT - A humorous Grimsby twist to a traditional love story.
8 FISH DOCK RACES - Wives (and kids) rushed down Dock to collect fisherman Dad's wages each Friday afternoon.
9 THE NORTH WALL - A retired trawler fitter's recollections of better times, long gone.
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10 (LET'S DRINK) TO THE TRADES! - In praise of the many and varied trades that abounded on and around Grimsby Docks during the heyday of the fishing industry.
11 NEVER TELL A TRAWLERMAN "GOODBYE" - Some of the superstitions connected with a trip to sea.
12 BEAR ISLAND (WRECK OF THE HOWE) - In November 1931 the steam trawler The Lord Howe ran aground off Bear Island. The disaster and ensuing heroic rescue are vividly depicted in the original poem by Skipper "Hurricane" Hutch (Albert Hutchinson), adapted here.
13 HAVE YOU ANY PACKING-UP LEFT MISTER? - A common cry in the 1920s among the kids of unemployed fathers, when the meagre rations meted out by the "Parish" had to be supplemented by scraps begged off more fortunate folk arriving home from work.
14 SEA BIRD - More than a few wives and sweethearts must have tried in vain to persuade their men to come ashore, and been left to wonder what sort of a hold the sea had over them.
15 ONE MORE TRIP - And here, the trawlerman gives his own account of what lures him to the sailing life, while acknowledging an intention to find a shore job - but not until he's done "one more trip". This song was inspired by my brother-in-law George Moody, a proud ex-trawlerman and a great bloke.
16 FAREWELL - So, it's farewell from them. And it's farewell from us.
Many of the above songs came from the recollections of my late father, ex-Consolidated Trawlers fitter John Evardson. His inspiration ranks high on the list of the many debts I owe to him. All songs MCPS / PRS.
2 WHERE THE SEA MEETS THE LAND - A mother explains her trawlerman husband's arduous life to their child.
For You Tube video click here.
3 EGGIN' BACK O' DOIG'S - Very much a Grimsby saying, being the usual response to the question: "What have you been up to?" by those who were far too polite to say: "Mind your own business!"
4 SIX-TILL-TWO - An unpopular shift for the ladies of the fish finger line, because of the early start.
For You Tube video click here.
5 THE GIRL PAT - Skipper Dod Orsborne's ill-fated attempt to commandeer his brand new ship for purposes other than fishing. His exploits made international news in the mid-1930s. Some say he was after buried treasure.
6 GYPSY - Julie's memories of the (pre-holiday camps) village of Humberston in the 1950s.
7 A DECKIE'S LAMENT - A humorous Grimsby twist to a traditional love story.
8 FISH DOCK RACES - Wives (and kids) rushed down Dock to collect fisherman Dad's wages each Friday afternoon.
9 THE NORTH WALL - A retired trawler fitter's recollections of better times, long gone.
For You Tube video click here.
10 (LET'S DRINK) TO THE TRADES! - In praise of the many and varied trades that abounded on and around Grimsby Docks during the heyday of the fishing industry.
11 NEVER TELL A TRAWLERMAN "GOODBYE" - Some of the superstitions connected with a trip to sea.
12 BEAR ISLAND (WRECK OF THE HOWE) - In November 1931 the steam trawler The Lord Howe ran aground off Bear Island. The disaster and ensuing heroic rescue are vividly depicted in the original poem by Skipper "Hurricane" Hutch (Albert Hutchinson), adapted here.
13 HAVE YOU ANY PACKING-UP LEFT MISTER? - A common cry in the 1920s among the kids of unemployed fathers, when the meagre rations meted out by the "Parish" had to be supplemented by scraps begged off more fortunate folk arriving home from work.
14 SEA BIRD - More than a few wives and sweethearts must have tried in vain to persuade their men to come ashore, and been left to wonder what sort of a hold the sea had over them.
15 ONE MORE TRIP - And here, the trawlerman gives his own account of what lures him to the sailing life, while acknowledging an intention to find a shore job - but not until he's done "one more trip". This song was inspired by my brother-in-law George Moody, a proud ex-trawlerman and a great bloke.
16 FAREWELL - So, it's farewell from them. And it's farewell from us.
Many of the above songs came from the recollections of my late father, ex-Consolidated Trawlers fitter John Evardson. His inspiration ranks high on the list of the many debts I owe to him. All songs MCPS / PRS.
