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Mhoire 's a Righ bu Mhì Brònag

Date 1956
Track ID 102268
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1956.26.B2

Original Tape ID

SA1956.026

Summary

In this waulking song, a girl complains that she is being forced to marry a man she does not like. Among other things he is large and clumsy, and his head is bigger than a peat-stack. The final section of the song makes it clear that the composer loves a man from Lochaber and would like to be with him.

Item Notes

See:
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 42

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good