CD05-04: Incheon, Boating Song for A Delightful Good Catch - Baechigi
(Incheon, Gyeonggi Province/ Cha, Jeong-jae(66yrs)/ 1995)
◆ Sung when returning to the village with a boat filled with yellow corbinas. When the ship is full, the boat returns to the estuary with the sailors playing folk instruments and singing merrily. The people of the village, rejoicing at this sound. bring out jars of drinks and prepare to unload the fish. People living around the coast of the West Sea, frequently sing this song when holding rituals for safe sailing or cheerfully enjoying themselves.
(Content of Song)
“Eoya-diya
Roll up the anchor and go to the Chilsan Sea to draw up money
Make offerings to General Im of Yeonpyeong (General Im Gyeong-eop of Koryeo Dynasty. Fishermen around the West Sea hold him as the god of yellow corbinas and before going out to catch fish they go to his shrine at Yeonpyeong Island and make offerings) and let us go to South China Sea to draw up money
A lot of fish are caught in the net, the net is floating”