5th October 2020
In
Music & Films
Bread And Fishes film
a short and simple arrangement of the beautiful melody from Alan Bell’s popular song Bread And Fishes
the late Alan Bell was a folk singer, songwriter and festival organiser and Bread And fishes is his best-known song, written in 1968 – it was featured on British TV’s Songs of Praise and reached the charts in Ireland and Japan
Bread And Fishes the song is a folk-style hymn is based on the strange legend that Jesus travelled in England as a child, accompanied by his parents
the melody only is played here fingerstyle on my Doug Berch mountain dulcimer in Ionian tuning EBB (DAA but in key of E)