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Cadal Cha Dèan Mi

Contributors
Date September 1966
Track ID 106963
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1966.81.B3

Original Tape ID

SA1966.081

Summary

This is a love song in which a woman says that she cannot rest, as her lover has not come. She describes him as fair-haired. He was an educated man and a skilled mariner. However, one dark and wet night, his ship got into difficulties and struck the headland.

Item Notes

Cf. 'An t-Òranaiche' (Gilleasbaig Mac na Ceàrdadh ed., 1879) p. 380.

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good