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Chunna Mise Mo Leannan

Date 1953
Track ID 10893
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.165.7

Original Tape ID

SA1953.165

Summary

In the lines of this popular waulking song, as sung here, a girl tells hows her lover has passed by on horseback, ignoring her completely.

Item Notes

4 couplets plus choruses sung. Text transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 3 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson) p. 156
'An t-Òranaiche' (Gilleasbaig Mac na Ceàrdadh) p. 504
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 34
'Gaelic Songs in Nova Scotia' (Creighton & MacLeod) p. 190
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M.F.Shaw) Song 90
'Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness' vol. 26 p. 240

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Poor