Mheall Thu, Mheall Thu, Mheall Thu Mi
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
April 1957
Track ID
101463
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1957.014
Original Tape ID
Summary
A man's song of unrequited love. He has been forsaken by the girl he loves. She had told him through the winter months that there would be no other but him, but when a wealthier man came along she turned her back on him. He first met her when he was scything barley at the local manse, and she was tying the barley sheaves; at dinner he noticed her beauty and comeliness. Towards the end of the song he shows his bitterness when he says that the extent of his love for her was not so great that it could not be taken back, or completely forgotten, and that he could easily find another to take her place.
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good