Gordon Bok's notes:
"One of the first songs I wrote (and kept) and still like to sing. People can tell you what they think or see, but I always wonder how things look to non-people too. Most of the things I make are sort of a byproduct of trying to understand the world I'm living in".
Gordon Bok played this on the laudo, small, guitar-like double-strung instrument from the Canary Islands. "Herring Croon" was recorded by Gordon Bok on the albums Clear Away in the Morning, Herrings in the Bay and Jeremy Brown and Jeannie Teal.
It is also printed in Gordon Bok's Time and the Flying Snow.