M' Ionam air a' Ghille Bheag
Contributors
Unknown Person
Fieldworkers
Date
November 1965
Track ID
25281
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1965.105.5
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is a little song for playing with a small child. It asks when the child will buy its mother a gown, a coat and a cloak. It will do so when it grows up and sails a ship, which will go to India.
Item Notes
Recorded in Castlebay School. 4 couplets plus choruses sung. Verses by Niall MacIlleSheathanaich. The younger singers are a group of small girls.
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Village/Place - Castlebay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good