Bà Bà Mo Leanabh Beag
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
November 1965
Track ID
25384
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1965.105.18
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is a lullaby by a mother who fears her child will starve. The song was possibly composed at the time of the famine caused by the potato blight.
Item Notes
Recorded in Castelbay School. Two short 4-line verses. The first is sung again at the end.
See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw) song 37
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Village/Place - Castlebay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Transcription
Bà bà mo leanabh beag.
Bà bà mo leanabh beag.
Bà bà mo leanabh beag.
Feuch a ghaoil am fàs thu.
Gu dè ghaoil a nì mi riut?
Gu dè ghràidh a nì mi riut?
Gu dè ghaoil a nì mi riut,
'S eagal orm nach fhàs thu?
Bà bà mo leanabh beag.
Bà bà mo leanabh beag.
Bà bà mo leanabh beag.
Feuch a ghaoil am fàs thu.
Bà bà mo leanabh beag.
Bà bà mo leanabh beag.
Feuch a ghaoil am fàs thu.
Gu dè ghaoil a nì mi riut?
Gu dè ghràidh a nì mi riut?
Gu dè ghaoil a nì mi riut,
'S eagal orm nach fhàs thu?
Bà bà mo leanabh beag.
Bà bà mo leanabh beag.
Bà bà mo leanabh beag.
Feuch a ghaoil am fàs thu.
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good