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Hòro Hì Hòireannan

Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date June 1955
Track ID 23386
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1955.86.A3

Original Tape ID

SA1955.086

Summary

In the opening lines of this popular waulking song as sung here, a girl tells hows her lover has passed by on horseback, ignoring her completely. The lines which follow are in praise of Clan Donald, and tell how they swore on the Bible in Auldearn (1645) that their swords would not be sheathed until King James was crowned.

Item Notes

Transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies. 6 couplets sung.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 3 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson) p. 156
'An t-Òranaiche' (G. Mac na Ceàrdadh) p. 504
'Òrain-luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 34
'Gaelic Songs in Nova Scotia' (Creighton & MacLeod) p. 190
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw) song 90
'Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness' vol. 26 p. 240

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Portree

Island - Skye

Village/Place - Braes

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair