[Founded on the two lines : "Hugamar fein an sowra ling ;" "Tis we have brought the Summer in :,
Of the song "Herring is King," In Horncastle's Irish Entertainments."
Let all the fish that swim the sea,
Salmon and turbot, cod and ling,
Bow down the bead and bend the knee
To Herring their King, to Herring their King.
Sing "Hugamar fein an sowra ling ;"
"Tis we nave brought the Summer in."
The sun sank down so round and red,
Upon the bar, upon the bay ;
The sails shook idle overhead
Becalmed we lav, becalmed we lay.
Sing "Hugamar fein an sowra ling ;"
" 'Tis We hare brought the Summer in."
Till Shawn, the eagle, dropped on deck.
The bright-eyed boy, the bright-eyed boy ;
'Tis he has spied your silver track.
Herring our joy, Herring our joy !
Sing "Hugamar fein an sowra ling ;"
"'Tis we nave brought the Summer in."
'Twos in with the sails, and away to shore,
With the rise and swing, the rise and swing
Of two stout lads at each smoking oar,
Alter Herring our King, Herring our King.
Sing "Hugamar fein an sowra ling ;"
"Tis we bave brought the Summher in.
The Manx and the Cornish raised ....
And joined the chase, and joined ....
But their fleets they fouled, as they ....
And we won the race, we won the ....
Sing "Hugamar fein an sowra ling ....
"Tis we have brought the Summer in.
For we turned and faced you full to ....
'Down the goleen long, the goleen ....
And after you slipped from strand ....
Our nets so strong, our nets so strong
Sing "Hugamar fein and sowra ling ;
"Tis we have brought the Summer in."
Then we called to our sweethearts and our wives
"Come welcome us home, welcome us home ;"
Till they ran to meet us for their llves,
Into the foam, into the foam ;
"Sing "Hugamar fein an sowra ling ;"
"'Tis we have brought the Summer in."
O ! the kissing of hands and waving caps,
From girl and boy, from girl and boy ;
While you leapt by scores in the lasses laps,
"Sing "Hugamar fein an sowra ling ;"
" 'Tis we have brought the Summer in."
--The Spectator
Notes
From the NSW Australian Newspaper The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser 3 Mar 1883 p, 4.
I have searched for the original poem without success in The Spectator online database. Any help with this is most welcome, and will be attributed.
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