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Mìle Marbhphaisg air a' Ghaol

Date 28 July 1950
Track ID 25581
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0095B.400

Original Tape ID

CW0095B

Summary

In this waulking song the composer curses love and tells of its effects on her. The man she loves has gone to America and she wishes she could be with him. She will not take any man but the nobleman she loves, and will wait till he returns.

Item Notes

19 lines sung plus chorus lines of mnemonic syllables. The lines of the song are linked.

See:
'The MacDonald Collection of Gaelic Poetry' p. 266
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 19

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Small Isles

Island - Canna

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good