Hìll ó ra bho hó, hìll ó bhòidheach
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
29 December 1949
Track ID
21659
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0027.121
Original Tape ID
Summary
A waulking/clapping song. One day when out on the moors, the composer met a pretty girl picking flowers. He went over to her and asked her for a kiss. He describes the many material possessions in his father's house and the nobility who frequent it.
Item Notes
See:
'Waulking Songs from Barra' (The School of Scottish Studies, 1972)
'Gaelic Folksongs from the Isle of Barra' (The Linguaphone Institute, 1950)
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Village/Place - Castlebay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good