Chunna Mise Mo Leannan
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1953
Track ID
10893
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.165.7
Original Tape ID
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
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Poor