The song 'Cargill' is taken from the archive film 'From Scotland With Love', a 75-minute film from Director, Virginia Heath with a score by Scottish musician and composer King Creosote. Made entirely from films from the National Library of Scotland's Moving Image Archive, 'From Scotland with Love' is journey into Scotland's collective past.
The film explores universal themes of love, loss, resistance, migration, work and play. Ordinary people, some long since dead, their names and identities largely forgotten, appear shimmering from the depth of the vaults to take a starring role. Brilliantly edited together, these silent individuals become composite characters, who emerge to tell us their stories, given voice by King Creosote’s poetic music and lyrics.
Produced by Faction North, Crossover, National Library of Scotland Scottish Screen Archive in association with BBC Scotland and Creative Scotland.
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Who is Cargill?
Whose perspective is the song written from?
How many fish did women have to gut an hour?
What type of fish is a kipper made from?
What is your favourite type of fish?
Make a list of all the different types of fish you have eaten.
Paint a picture of the fishing fleet leaving port.
Discuss Scotland’s relationship to the sea and how has it changed through time.
Research true stories of fishingboats lost at sea and use this as inspiration to write a short story.
NB. To hear the filmmakers talk about the making of ‘Cargill’ follow the link to 'Dreaming Without Sleeping - the Making of 'From Scotland with Love' – 00:04:00 – 00:06:35
Lyrics from the song 'Cargill' by King Creosote:
Bored yet busy with my hands
Cargill you'll have me round the bend
Cargill you're pulling all the strands
Of my heartstrings entangled in your net
My luck's turned thrawn
Always the quayside chores
A sister on each arm
Strong of shoulder, weak at the knees
Cargill I'm the finest catch that you'll land
Cargill do not presume to understand
The dread of counting home the fleet
The sudden thrill of seeing you're safely back
Your catch has fallen at your feet
Cargill do not presume to understand
The dread of sounding the alarm
The sudden thrill of seeing you're safely back
Cargill I'm the finest luck that you'll charm
Cargill do not presume to understand
The dread of counting home the fleet
The sudden thrill of seeing you're safely back
Cargill I'm the finest catch that you'll land
Cargill I'm the finest luck that you'll charm
Cargill I'm the finest catch that you'll land
| Resource Rights Holder | Faction North |
|---|---|
| Date | 2014 |
| Genre | Musical documentary |
| School Subject | English, Rivers and Coasts, Geography, History |
| Subject Matter | Fishing, boats, fish, fish processing, Rivers & Coasts |
| Who | Virginia Heath, Director, Grant Keir, Producer, King Creosote, Composer, David McAulay, Music Supervisor, Colin Monie, Editor, Paul Savage, Sound Engineer |
| Event | Commonwealth Games 2014 |
| Attributes | Black and White, Colour, Sound |
| Clip Length | 05:13 |
| Film Length | 72:52 |