Mo Rùn Ailean
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0026B.111
Original Tape ID
Summary
This waulking song has three separate sections, and the chorus vocables change after the first section. In the opening section, the composer describes how she looked into the distance and saw her lover's ship. He was at the helm. The second section contains interesting references to waulking. In the final section, the composer tells of her pregnancy, and defends it by saying that the father is "the brown-haired scholar of English".
Item Notes
47 half-lines sung. Chorus accompaniment during refrain. Recorded at Chapelhouse, Castlebay, from the Vibrator Convertor, at a ceilidh arranged by the Barra Folklore Committee
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (J. L. Campbell and F. Collinson), no. LXXVI.
'Scottish Tradition 3 - Waulking Songs from Barra' (The School of Scottish Studies)
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw) song 97
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig, 1949) p. 39
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Village/Place - Castlebay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good