Harry's Gone Fishing is a 1999 album by Leon Rosselson

Leon Rosselson

Leon Rosselson is an English songwriter and writer of children's books. After his early involvement in the folk music revival in Britain, he came to prominence, singing his own satirical songs, in the BBC's topical TV programme of the early 1960s, That Was The Week That Was...

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It contains eleven songs, ten of which were original Rosselson compositions. The other, "You Noble Diggers All" was reissued from his 1979 album, If I Knew Who The Enemy Was (where it had originally appeared under the title, "The Diggers Song"). Concerning the 17th Century Diggers movement, it consisted of words by Gerrard Winstanley

Gerrard Winstanley

Gerrard Winstanley was an English Protestant religious reformer and political activist during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell...

, set to music by Rosselson and therefore has a joint writing credit.

The album features several guest musicians including Robb Johnson

Robb Johnson

Robb Jenner Johnson is a British musician and songwriter, who has been called "one of the last genuinely political songwriters", and is known for his mix of political satire and wit...

 and Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy MBE is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days...

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Track listing