A market trader's sales patter, sung at a fish stall in London and filmed by passers-by, which turned into a viral hit and then into an actual recording contract. The record's entry for a jingle that escaped the market it was written for.
Died around 2014 in the way British novelty hits do: a Christmas chart push, a run of television appearances, then nothing. The stall stayed. The song did not.
The song had a commercial function before it had an audience. It existed to sell fish at a pound, which it did, to customers standing in front of it.
Sung back at the stall by tourists in late 2012, some of whom bought nothing and had not intended to.
What does it mean? Write it the way you would say it out loud.
