Mo Rùn Ailean
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
August 1959
Track ID
106653
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1959.70.B1
Original Tape ID
Summary
This waulking song has three separate sections, and the chorus vocables change after the first section. In the opening section, the composer describes how she looked into the distance and saw her lover's ship. He was at the helm. The second section contains interesting references to waulking. In the final section, the composer tells of her pregnancy, and defends it by saying that the father of her child is of noble birth.
Item Notes
See:
'Scottish Tradition' vol. 3 (The School of Scottish Studies)
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Vatersay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good