Can anybody give me more information about a poem/song that starts: "Around the shores of England"?

Question

I wonder if anyone can help with details of a song (or poem) that I have tried to check on, through the Internet. I have entered some of the words as a search string, but there were no results.
Perhaps the human brain of someone who reads Yahoo! Answers is smarter than the electronics of my PC!
The words that I can remember are something like this:
"Around the shores of England, that stretch towards the sea,
There live an ancient people, and they labour mightily,
With merry oath and laughter that a busy life forgets [or begets]
The fishermen of England are working at their nets.
But when the foes of England assail with fury blind, the children of the storm arise and leave their nets behind."

I think that's enough to jog the memory of anyone who knows these lines. I'd like to know who wrote the words, and who wrote the music that they are sung to.
Perhaps someone who doesn't know the words but who is good at Internet searching could find the answer.

Answer 1

http://www.nodanw.com/shows_r/rebel_maid.htm
there you go
However this particular question was placed in the wrong category

Answer 2

Well, since you got snubbed by the last person (M.F.), I can help you narrow the search a little. I checked both 'Medieval English Verse' (Penguin) and 'The Longman Anthology of BRITISH LITERATURE' but found nothing. This means the poem/song/lyrics you seek were most likely written LATER then The Middle Ages. I'd like to find out where this is from, and read it too. Alas, it is from The Rebel Maid!

Answer 3

I don't know the answer to your question, but I can make a stab at it.

In the operetta, The Rebel Maid by Montague Phillips, there is a number called 'The Fishermen of England'. I suspect this might be the piece you are thinking of.

Answer 4

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