Cailin Òg as Stiùireamaiche
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1965.60.4
Original Tape ID
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
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good