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Guma Slàn don Rìbhinn Òig

Date 10 February 1962
Track ID 10079
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1962.05.A10

Original Tape ID

SA1962.005

Summary

A man sings of his feelings for the young girl who lives in his home island and whom he left on Tuesday, to go to sea. He wishes for her hand and a promise that she will wait for him. He asks the wind to take a message to his sweetheart; that she will not lose out by waiting for him.

Item Notes

4 verses and refrain.

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good