Going Fishing -The Phoenix Foundation - NZ Music Month
A DigitalNZ Story by Phil...P
A music month story for a New Zealand song
sweet little girl i... i've been thinking and i bet you know what i thought you and me, we were going fishing on a sea, full of love
![Image: Postcard. Hands across the sea. Where'er I roam, Whatever realms to see, my heart untravelled fondly turns to thee. Wildt & Kray, London, E.C. Series 1681. Printed in Saxony [ca 1909]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F5824%2F21040480763_fa86085b4a_z.jpg&resize=368%253E "Postcard. Hands across the sea. Where'er I roam, Whatever realms to see, my heart untravelled fondly turns to thee. Wildt & Kray, London, E.C. Series 1681. Printed in Saxony [ca 1909]")
sea
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Man and woman kissing across two vessels, 1920-1939
Australian National Maritime Museum
and it's hard to see us sinking when we're light enough to float and i'm done with all this thinking i just can't wait for us to go so let's go...
Fishing
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
![Image: [Sinking ship - World War I photograph].](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2F6309cd3e5e75e172199bb86f9afaeb95b84c0e0b%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[Sinking ship - World War I photograph].")
[Sinking ship - World War I photograph].
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Foxton Fishing
Kete Horowhenua
i sing you songs, yes i write you letters but we both know, i'm not very strong the tide is out but i can see it is coming in and i just can't wait for you to show
![Image: [A man sitting on a bank beside a flooded area writing something]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2F98f7092658da819ed98434a1a985251565d73a08%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[A man sitting on a bank beside a flooded area writing something]")
[A man sitting on a bank beside a flooded area writing something]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
A soldier writing a letter inside : negative
Wairarapa Archive
cuz it's hard to see us sinking when we're light enough to float and i'm done with all this thinking i just can't wait for us to go
we all know this world is gone to the dogs we don't have long and all i wanna know before i go is love with someone like you
Loving Nature, Loving Each Other…
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
![Image: [A woman and a man fishing in a dinghy]](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.api.aucklandmuseum.com%2Fid%2Fmedia%2Fp%2F9ef81bed693d5c4abffdfc04ace16bc0b44b70a2%3Frendering%3Dstandard.jpg&resize=368%253E "[A woman and a man fishing in a dinghy]")
[A woman and a man fishing in a dinghy]
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
but i'm done with all this thinking i'm done with all this thinking i'm done with all this thinking
Homo Avis
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Desk, Writing
Puke Ariki
Thinking Woman
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
but i'm done with all this thinking i'm done with all this thinking i'm done with all this thinking
Postcard, Hands Across the Sea
MTG Hawke's Bay
Man And Woman Kissing
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Four Seasons
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage