Cadal Chan Fhaigh Mi
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
December 1956
Track ID
23181
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1956.164.B4
Original Tape ID
Summary
The composer of this song cannot sleep, as her fair-haired lover is not coming. She gives some details about his appearance and occupation. She also describes how he saved others from a ship which went on the rocks.
Item Notes
5 quatrains plus 4-line chorus at the beginning and end.
See:
'Tocher' 35 (School of Scottish Studies) pp. 312-315
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Item Location
County - Sutherland
Parish - Assynt
Village/Place - Kylesku
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good