Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - M' Ionam air a' Ghille Bheag
Contributors - Unknown (multi)
Reporters - Thorkild Knudsen

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.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:01:14
Date Recorded - 1965.11
Language - Gaelic
Genre - Song
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 25281
Original Tape ID - SA1965.105
Original Track ID - SA1965.105.5
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R



Recording Location:
  County - Inverness-shire
  Parish - Barra
  Island - Barra
  Village - Castlebay

Item Notes - Recorded in Castlebay School. 4 couplets plus choruses sung. Verses by Niall MacIlleSheathanaich. The younger singers are a group of small girls.

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/25281/1


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