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Creach na Fèill Mìcheil

Fieldworkers
Date 27 July 1956
Track ID 22145
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1956.74.3

Original Tape ID

SA1956.074

Summary

This waulking song is by a woman who describes how her three brothers, her father, and her husband, were drowned.

Item Notes

8 couplets sung plus (3-line) choruses.

See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw) Song 90
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 53
'The MacDonald Collection of Gaelic Poetry' (Revs. A. & A. MacDonald) p. 351

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good