The Fisherman

[Rainesails]

Lovely song...great photos...thanks much.

[MrTheFurious]

its one of those songs that's soo good it sends shivers done your spine

[Kaitipoo]

very well done

[metalheadwill666]

great song i normally listen to metal n stuff but this is so nice im listening it over and over again

[UpTheHarbour]

yeah i posted the name of the song in the info, and at the end of the song

[TyteFystedFolkie]

The title of this tune is actually "Three Fishers". It's on Stan's "For The Family" cd.

[cjwaywell]

This is a wonderful Video what a great song

[gdgest]

5*^ Awesome video. Thank you for sharing. :-)

[Sonoraman]

Excellent job on the video! One of Stan's best songs ever!

[docjudge]

Excellent matching of images with what I consider Stan Rogers at his very best.

[smeghead1851]

Very nice. One of my favorites from Stan. Wish we could hear him sing again.

[Finsirith]

The best part of the song (apart from Stan's singing, of course!) is Garnet Roger's beautiful and haunting violin work between verses 2 and 3.

[SingolloLomien]

I love this song.  Thanks for posting.

[Lobsterlady2362]

Totally awesome.

[uppercommander]

A beautifully done video! It proves the continued relevancy of many of these Victorian parlour songs when sung in the right context

[carollizc]

@uppercommander Actually, it wasn't a Victorian parlour song. The words are a poem by Charles Kingsley, and the music is credited to Stan Rogers, though I think his brother Garnet had a lot to do with the arrangement. Kingsley spent time in PEI, I think as the colonial Governor-General, and wrote the poem during his time there.

[uppercommander]

@carollizc Yes it is a poem by Charles Kingsley but it was originally set to music in the 1850's by John Hullah. Hullah invented the Tonic Sol Fa system. This version is obviously a new arrangement but it was a very popular song in the Victorian era. The noted contralto Dame Clara Butt sung a version of it which you can hear on youtube.

[Slippyroad]

@carollizc I don't think he was never on PEI. He lived in Bideford in Devon which is a port town. I would assume he would have become familiar with the dangers of fishing there. The poem was written in 1849 and Kingsley is reported to be in Devon that year. There is Bideford on PEI.

[conrailcliff]

cod right

[logiconefour]

i loveit.

i what to whach it again

[jtrevett]

Well done, excellent tribute to the maritimes by both stan and your collage of photos. Wish stan was alive to see the legacy of his music and rich contribution made to Canadian Culture.

Thanks again

[UISTMAN59]

Thanks for this great video. Great song and singer.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

Stan had such a hauntingly beautiful voice...

Thanks for posting this!

[QuickGetTheGun]

Amazing, thanks for posting!