Mìle Marbhphaisg air a' Ghaol
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
28 July 1950
Track ID
25581
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0095B.400
Original Tape ID
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
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good