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Cailin Òg as Stiùireamaiche

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Date June 1965
Track ID 107804
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1965.60.4

Original Tape ID

SA1965.060

Summary

The text of this waulking song falls into several sections. After the introductory lines there are lines in which a dairymaid says she should have a herdsman. This is followed by a description of a visit from a brown-haired woman. The following section says: "I lay in a fever that day, and for a year and a quarter. The brown-haired woman came to see me when five quarters had passed." The next section involves a shinty game, and the final one gives opinions on the characters of women.

Item Notes

This song appears to be a ballad adapted as a waulking song, and its chorus line is possibly what Pistol is referring to in his words "Calen o custure me" in Shakespeare's 'Henry V'. The singer adds some omitted lines afterwards.

See:
'An t-Òranaiche' (Gilleasbaig Mac na Ceàrdadh) p. 21
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1977) p. 44

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good