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© by George Campbell Hay (1915 - 1984)

The Old Fisherman
 (Sung text for setting by F. Scott)
 See original
Language: English 
Greet the bights that gave me shelter
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Composition:

    Set to music by Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "The Old Fisherman", published 1946, stanzas 1,3-4 [ baritone and piano ], from Seven songs, no. 1, Bayley & Ferguson, Glasgow; confirmed with Songs of Francis George Scott, selected and edited by Neil Mackay, Roberton Publications, Aylesbury 1980, page 113.

Text Authorship:

  • by George Campbell Hay (1915 - 1984), "The Old Fisherman", appears in Wind on Loch Fyne, Oliver and Boyd, first published 1948, copyright ©

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