Am Bròn Binn
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0007A.13
Original Tape ID
Summary
This ballad tells how the King of Scotland saw a beautiful woman in a dream and Fionn Falaich [Sir Gawain] went off in a ship to find her. When he finally found her, she was in a castle, and seated on a throne of gold. She asked him to put his head on her knee, so that she could play harp music for him. This made him fall into a charmed sleep. The woman took a sword from her belt and cut off his head.
Item Notes
Copied on Tape. Cèilidh arranged by Mr Calum Maclean of the Irish Folklore Commission.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1977) p. 18
'Leabhar na Fèinne' (J. F. Campbell ed., 1872) p. 208
'Clàrsach na Coille' (MacLean) 2nd ed., 1928 p. 195
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (A. L. Gillies ed., 2005) p. 322
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - Benbecula
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good