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[1959:] The four towns mentioned [in the first verse] are small fishing villages on the south coast of Fife. Burns is believed to have collected this song on a trip near there; it had never appeared in print before Burns reported it. (Notes Ewan MacColl, 'Songs of Robert Burns')
[1966:] From the 'Scots Musical Museum'. This is the shortest, proudest, most ranting piece of local patriotism I know. It comes from the Fife coast. (Norman Buchan, notes 'The Fisher Family')
[1987:] Carls are old men, and Kimmers are gossips. (Notes 'Janet Russell & Christine Kydd')
[1989:] This song was never in print before it appeared in Johnson's Volume, and tradition has supplied another verse as follows: Never break your heart for love Just turn the boat about There's as gude fish i' the sea As ever yet cam' out Hey, ca' thro' ...
Its authenticity is very doubtful. (Notes Andy M. Stewart, 'Songs of Robert Burns')
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