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From The Daily Constitution, Middletown, CT. 27 May 1874<\/p><\/div>\n
Connecticut River Shad (c) David Littlefield 2021<\/p>\n
chorus: <\/p>\n At Poverty Isle, just south of the bridge, at the mouth of the river in Lyme; Chorus:<\/p>\n Now the boatmen work on the river at night or dawning of day’s first light. Chorus:<\/p>\n From Holyoke dam to the Hadley dyke; Hadrian’s Wall of old time. Chorus:<\/p>\n So here’s to the shad biggest herring in the sea; ten thousand years of time. Chorus:<\/p>\n chorus 2:<\/p>\n So raise up your your voice and sing.<\/em> A topical song by David H. Littlefield of South Lyme, Connecticut, which he wrote on 18 December 2021.\u00a0 Another of David’s wonderful insights into Connecticut history! Connecticut River Shad (c) David Littlefield 2021 chorus: Oh, the shad run late in spring. Connecticut shad is a wonderful thing.\u00a0 Widen the levee, tear down the ‘ol dam, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6075","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6078,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6075\/revisions\/6078"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOh, the shad run late in spring.<\/em>
\nConnecticut shad is a wonderful thing.\u00a0<\/em>
\nWiden the levee, tear down the ‘ol dam,<\/em>
\nLet the shad run free again.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe shad men peel their nets from the reel and mend them in good time.<\/p>\n
\nWith their long drift nets on an incoming tide – haul seine with muscle and might.<\/p>\n
\nTo keep something in – keep something out; no fish with legs to climb.<\/p>\n
\nWhite meat- dark meat, tiny little bones; row that tastes divine.
\nYou can fry ’em in a pan, bake ’em on a board, with a cup of good strong cheer.
\nA company of friends, a fiddle for a dance, celebrate shad time of year.<\/p>\n
\nCt. shad is a wonderful thing.<\/em>
\nWiden the levee, tear down the ‘ol dam.<\/em>
\nMay the shad run free again.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"