Three Fishers
"The Three Fishers" is a poem and a ballad written in 1851. The original poem was written by English poet, novelist, and Anglican priest Charles Kingsley. It was first set to music by English composer John Hullah shortly thereafter.<ref name=franklin>J.P. McCaskey (ed.), Franklin Square Song Collection: Two Hundred Favorite Songs and Hymns for Schools and Homes, Nursery and Fireside, No. 4, Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York, 1887, p.126</ref> Robert Goldbeck also set it to music in a version published in 1878. Some more recent recordings of the song follow a musical arrangement created by Garnet Rogers in the 1980s, first recorded by his brother Stan on For the Family. It was also used in Ralph Fiennes's film The Invisible Woman (2013), about Charles Dickens and his mistress Ellen Ternan.The Unchanging Sea (1910), a short film by D.W. Griffith, was inspired by the "Three Fishers" poem. The first stanza is used in the film itself. The poem tells the story of three fishermen who sail out to sea, and lose their lives when overtaken by a storm. It describes the tragic loss of the fishermen's lives to their families. Hullah's music is described as a "plaintive air" which enhances