The Bold Fisherman (Roud 291, Laws O24)[1] is an English folk song popular with traditional singers and widely collected in the early and mid 20th century CE.
She sees he is wearing three gold chains, and begs him to forgive her for calling him a fisherman when "I fear you are some lord".
[1][4] The Roud Folk Song Index lists 54 versions collected from singers in Southern England and East Anglia, with two from Scotland, five or so from Canada (Nova Scotia and Newfoundland), and two or three from the USA (Maine).
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A L Lloyd, The Young Tradition, Tim Hart and Maddy Prior, Shirley Collins, Andy Turner, Bow Lewis, Tim van Eyken, Rachael McShane, Jon Boden, Emily Portman, Sound Tradition, Derek Gifford, and Alex Cumming and Nicola Beazley have recorded versions of this song.