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'S Mo Nighean Dubh a tha Bòidheach Dubh

Date 29 July 1963
Track ID 13724
Part 1
Part 2

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1963.29.A11+B1

Original Tape ID

SA1963.029

Summary

A man's love song to the girl of the raven-black hair, whom he asks not to forsake him. He praises her beauty in great detail. He mentions that her people wronged him and in so doing wronged her also, when they sent him away from the area. Although he cannot play the fiddle, he can read and write and promises to write a sermon for her.

Item Notes

5 verses with refrain between each verse.

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good