Crodh Chailein
Fieldworkers
Date
July 1955
Track ID
16648
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1955.76.B13
Original Tape ID
Summary
This song belongs to the fairy songs tradition and was used as a milking song or lullaby. Colin's cattle referred to in the song are the deer.
Item Notes
2 verses sung.
See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M.F.Shaw) Song p. 54
'The Gesto Collection' (K.N.MacDonald) pp. 19 and 38
'One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of
Scotland' (F. Tolmie) Song 84
Recording Location
County - Sutherland
Parish - Farr
Village/Place - Armadale
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair